Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:13:56 +0000 From: "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mounting root from NFS via ROOTDEVNAME Message-ID: <D4D47BCFFE5A004F95D707546AC0D7E91F674C3A@SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG=rPVergKVKUO=VySvM65WPJO_Od1tkWvx45tM_sEyO65mwUg@mail.gmail.com> References: <D4D47BCFFE5A004F95D707546AC0D7E91F671642@SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com> <CAG=rPVergKVKUO=VySvM65WPJO_Od1tkWvx45tM_sEyO65mwUg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, On Jan 29, 2013, at 9:34, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> wrote: > I recommend that you do not use ROOTDEVNAME, and instead > you should follow the instructions which I wrote and contributed to the > FreeBSD handbook: >=20 > "PXE Booting with an NFS Root File System" >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-pxe-nfs= .html >=20 > The content of this document is the same as the text file which Rick > Macklem pointed out (I wrote that too). I had read both before, and they're very useful documents. Unfortunately, t= hey don't fully apply to my case, since I'm not PXE-booting the system; it = netboots the kernel from a custom loader. So once the kernel bootstraps, I = need it to obtain an IP address and then NFS-mount root. >=20 > BTW, if you ever visit the Netapp campus in Sunnyvale, California, feel > free to say hello, > because I work around the corner from there. :) > -- > Craig Rodrigues > rodrigc@crodrigues.org
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