Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:25:40 -0800 From: Jonathan Feally <vulture@consult-scs.com> To: FreeBSD Hardware <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD Install Floppy with USB Floppy drive? Message-ID: <1040059540.3dfe0c9422289@mail.consult-scs.com> In-Reply-To: <200212151630.gBFGUG04015123@jpp.homeunix.org> References: <20021213122320.H60804-100000@borg-cube.com> <200212151630.gBFGUG04015123@jpp.homeunix.org>
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To do a network boot: I believe all you have to do is set up a tftp server and BOOTP/DHCP - With options(I've listed ISC-DHCP3 options): You may want to make a special host entry for just the computer's MAC address, unless everything is statically set up. option tftp-server-name string; // This should be the machine to boot off of option bootfile-name string; // You should use boot.flp - not kernel.flp and mfsroot.flp option root-path string; // Don't know if you will need this along with IP, GW, and Subnet Mask, DNS Servers Quoting Jean-Pierre PARISY <jpparisy@teaser.fr>: > On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 23:18:51 -0800 (PST), Donald Burr of Borg > <dburr@borg-cube.com> wrote: > > > * is there any way to get booting from a USB floppy drive to work? > > I don't know. > > > * if not, can the FreeBSD installer be booted in any other way? Can I > > somehow boot the installer floppy image over the network using PXE? Or > > is there any other method? (if it helps, I have a FreeBSD box that is > > already up and running on my network, and can set it up for net booting, > > etc.) > > Look at the article in /usr/share/doc/en/articles/pxe, it reads > something like that : > > This article details the method used to allow machines to install > FreeBSD using the Intel PXE method of booting a machine over a network. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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