Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:30:55 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: help - freesbd diskless boot problems Message-ID: <20000913003055.15071.qmail@web5104.mail.yahoo.com>
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I'm using the freebsd etherboot port and have placed the boot image onto a floppy to allow my Intel Pro100B based system to network boot. I have tried booting an ms-dos floppy image over the network and it is working fine. I'm using the ISC v2 DHCP server. I have compiled a custom freebsd kernel and according to the information at: http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/doc/html/freebsd.html I have added the required kernel bootp support options to my kernel. This is what the important part of my dhcpd.conf file looks like: option domain-name "jansen.org"; option domain-name-servers 202.167.41.130; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; default-lease-time 600; max-lease-time 7200; subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.20; option routers 192.168.0.8; option broadcast-address 192.168.0.255; filename "/tftpboot/kernel.XWORKSTATION"; option root-path"192.168.0.1:/usr/diskless/rootfs/xworkstation"; option option-128 "192.168.0.1:/usr/diskless/swap/swap.xworkstation"; I have made sure that I have exported the /usr directory with the -alldirs option. I have tried NFS mounting this export and it is working fine. I've made sure that all the machines I want to access this share are able to. This is the error message I get on the console when booting the kernel (this happens a long way into the messages that pop up on the console): bootpc-init: using network interface 'fxp0' bootpc testing starting bootpc hw address is 0:blah:blah.... bootp timeout for server 0xffffffff The last line above keeps repeating indefinitely. Please help me get freeBSD booting diskless. Let me know if anymore information is required. Thanks. _____________________________________________________________________________ http://geocities.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Australia & NZ GeoCities - Build your own Web Site - for free! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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