Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:44:00 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Documentation: Installing FreeBSD 7.0 via serial console and PXE Message-ID: <200801312044.05703.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <20080129200726.GA19203@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <20080129190913.GA6104@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080129194254.GB21466@oberon.njm.f2s.com> <20080129200726.GA19203@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On Tuesday 29 January 2008 02:07:26 pm Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 07:42:54PM +0000, N.J. Mann wrote:
> > In message <20080129190913.GA6104@eos.sc1.parodius.com>,
> >
> > on Tuesday, 29 January, 2008 at 11:09:13 Jeremy Chadwick=20
(koitsu@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> > > I spent 7-8 hours yesterday working on accomplishing ${SUBJECT}, and =
in
> > > the process wrote a document on it. There are scattered docs all over
> > > the Web describing how to do this, but all of them are either outdated
> > > or incorrect in some regards (no offence intended), hence what I wrot=
e.
> > >
> > > http://jdc.parodius.com/freebsd/pxeboot_serial_install.html
> >
> > This is great. However, shouldn't 192.168.1.200 be 192.168.1.100 for
> > newbox.home.lan in the "Common Paths/Terms Used" table?
>
> You're right -- thanks! I got some other mails about similar typos,
> which I'm fixing up as the mails come in. :-)
The problem with PXE booting/diskless/network installs/automated installs i=
s=20
that there so many different ways to go about things. I've been kicking=20
around documenting some of this myself for the last 6-12 months. What I'v=
e=20
found is my setup evolves every time I impliment it, and I've been loathe t=
o=20
write a HOWTO type thing and make people think it's the only way to do=20
things, while the other extreme, a brain dump of everything I know about th=
e=20
subject is probably not useful either.
Maybe we can collaborate a bit or something.
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Thanks,
Josh Paetzel
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