From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 6 18:34:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E88B51065672 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:34:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C0B58FC13 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:34:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so7203387wer.13 for ; Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:34:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=V27+hg8FTaUoUhqVnzvfsn8W8/zDG0wr9U21tGPpp+g=; b=gK44cJsPT7jdIFU4D+UfQT0v3ROAvJaUDnZJwJ0YSKfrEfmQ4vxe0xgX2AI2Qo4rVM yACyNexQ+MhbV5YtvWnv7uWYh7s+R3VXEAcBihEyr8euTwKMlt2YeBiARTxWtoevVxwe B3BG1b2m2OQeVCYnL+uiW5Qwb+p08o96+jWHk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.135.35 with SMTP id t35mr7469759wei.9.1328553269403; Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:34:29 -0800 (PST) Sender: vrwmiller@gmail.com Received: by 10.227.143.140 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:34:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F300391.2020002@locolomo.org> References: <4F2FF7D3.2030707@locolomo.org> <4F300391.2020002@locolomo.org> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:34:29 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wRJL4TY2rY6FWIn1Ox1KHuTU2Aw Message-ID: From: Rick Miller To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Erik_N=F8rgaard?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pxeboot.bs and vlan tagging X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:34:31 -0000 Thanks for your feedback, Erik! I do have a question below... On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Erik N=F8rgaard wr= ote: > > See the other mail, the way pxeboot works IIRC, is that first the pxeboot= is > fetched using tftp, the pxeboot is given the next server and will fetch t= he > kernel, modules and other files from /boot/ on that server, (path respect= ive > to the root of the tftp dir). > > The kernel loads and will then fetch the mfsroot file. As mentioned, by > default this is done using nfs, and nfs is assumed if the kernel supports > nfs, even if it only fetches one file. This I understand has to be this w= ay > since the network configuration set with dhcp does not specify the protoc= ol. > > So, if your kernel supports nfs it will not use tftp and hence fail. The kernel I am using is the kernel from the DVD ISO as it is downloaded from freebsd.org. How do I determine what modules have been enabled and disabled in that kernel? I am under the assumption that NFS is compiled into that kernel. We can install 8.2-RELEASE with this kernel in VMs, but not bare metal. Is there an explanation as to why an NFS enabled kernel would work inside a VM, but fail on bare metal? --=20 Take care Rick Miller