Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:51:39 +0100 From: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pxeboot does not work on Sun X4540 Message-ID: <4964F9BB.3020407@fsn.hu> In-Reply-To: <4964EB20.5070709@fsn.hu> References: <4964EB20.5070709@fsn.hu>
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Attila Nagy wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to boot FreeBSD 8-CURRENT on a Sun X4540 (2xquad core > Opteron, 64 GB memory, 48 SATA disks (in fact 47, the 48th is a write > optimized SSD, because this box is a 7210 OpenStorage "appliance", > running OpenSolaris) on LSI controllers, nvidia NIC) from our boot > server without success. > > The PXE on the NIC downloads pxeboot with TFTP, but then gets stuck at > loading the kernel: > http://people.fsn.hu/~bra/freebsd/20090107-freebsd-x4540/Screenshot-6.png > > pxeboot is configured to load the kernel via NFS (the default) and > according to the tcpdump output, the client (X4540) issues an NFS > GETPORT call and gets the response from the NFS server and then > nothing else happens. > > I've tried with LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT=YES and the result is the same, > the only difference is that the machine stops sending packets after > the first TFTP read request (for /boot/boot.4th.split), which doesn't > exist, so the server sends the answer and then nothing comes back from > the X4540 box. > > It seems that it gets to send exactly one packet, then freezes. > > What else should be done to debug this problem? > > Thanks, BTW, the last FreeBSD 8-CURRENT snapshot from december boots fine (at least I can get to sysinstall, I haven't yet tried installation, because I wouldn't like to touch the boot drives, which house the OpenSolaris image -that's why I want to boot from the net). I would like to do a FreeBSD vs. OpenSolaris comparison on this machine, so please help. :) Thanks,
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