Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 11:32:44 +0300 From: Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> To: Kamil Czekirda <kczekirda@gmail.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iPXE booting latest PCengines alu board Message-ID: <17B3B28C-A9D7-4FD2-ACEB-CFE4738C4D49@cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: <CADSgWNGqgSZ7kCCb8x_U2RqquUs8WDnOBq8vp=20wfi8nxG3TQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <9D14C4BD-8A13-43FC-ACDA-0315A58CEBC6@cs.huji.ac.il> <5399C6A0.9010506@sentex.net> <CADSgWNGqgSZ7kCCb8x_U2RqquUs8WDnOBq8vp=20wfi8nxG3TQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Kamil, Nice work! though I=92m not that ambitious. I need to be able to load pxeboot and that seems to need some magic. BTW, do you know where there is=20 some good docs on iPXE? thanks, danny On Jun 13, 2014, at 12:38 AM, Kamil Czekirda <kczekirda@gmail.com> = wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Please look at my GSoC wiki page: > https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2014/FreeBSD_PXE_preseed >=20 > There is kpxe file, you can chainload it using file option in your = dhcp server. >=20 > It's very simple script: >=20 > #!ipxe > dhcp > cpuid --ext 29 && set CPU-ARCH amd64 || set CPU-ARCH i386 > set img = http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/files/images/10/${CPU-ARCH}/mfsbsd-10.0-RELEASE-${CPU-= ARCH}.img > kernel http://volt.iem.pw.edu.pl/~czekirdk/memdisk raw > initrd ${img} > boot >=20 > It detects architecture and runs mfsbsd directly from Martin Matuska = website. >=20 > It's simpliest way to boot different iso or img image of FreeBSD. It > will be nice to have local mirror and make menu with different > releases. I'll prepare menu, but I need few days, I'll inform you. >=20 > I think that in next week will be ready iPXE port for FreeBSD and > simply solutions. >=20 > I have many scripts to boot ubuntu, debian, etc. and I can help you > with it. It's simple to run FreeBSD from nfs server too. Ask if you > have problems. >=20 > Kamil >=20 > 2014-06-12 17:26 GMT+02:00 Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>: >> On 6/12/2014 10:38 AM, Daniel Braniss wrote: >>>=20 >>> Hi all, >>> while I try to learn about iPXE, I am wondering if someone already >>> managed to boot FreeBSD via the network, else it=92s going to be an >>> interesting weekend :-) >>=20 >>=20 >> If you mean http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm, just make sure you are = booting >> a relatively recent FreeBSD version (newer than April I think). = Otherwise, >> it boots just fine like any other bit of hardware over the network. >>=20 >> ---Mike >>=20 >>=20 >> -- >> ------------------- >> Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 >> Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net >> Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net >> Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/ >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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