Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:17:24 +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: <D4D47BCFFE5A004F95D707546AC0D7E91F674CDE@SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com> In-Reply-To: <19F92E0C-F004-4F16-A5FC-A10DF84BDCCF@netapp.com> References: <D4D47BCFFE5A004F95D707546AC0D7E91F671642@SACEXCMBX01-PRD.hq.netapp.com> <CAG=rPVergKVKUO=VySvM65WPJO_Od1tkWvx45tM_sEyO65mwUg@mail.gmail.com> <19F92E0C-F004-4F16-A5FC-A10DF84BDCCF@netapp.com>
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On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:13, Lars Eggert <lars@netapp.com> wrote: > 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-nf= s.html >>=20 >> The content of this document is the same as the text file which Rick >> Macklem pointed out (I wrote that too). >=20 > I had read both before, and they're very useful documents. Unfortunately,= they don't fully apply to my case, since I'm not PXE-booting the system; i= t 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. (Whoops, hit send by mistake.) That's what I was trying to achieve with the BOOTP and BOOTP_WIRED_TO optio= ns. Hm, I wonder if I could simply use the custom loader to netboot tftpboot, a= nd then follow your instructions... Will try. >> BTW, if you ever visit the Netapp campus in Sunnyvale, California, feel >> free to say hello, because I work around the corner from there. :) Am there about once a month, will do :-) Lars
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