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Date:      Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:13:56 +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
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Hi,

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-nfs=
.html
>=20
> The content of this document is the same as the text file which Rick
> Macklem pointed out (I wrote that too).

I had read both before, and they're very useful documents. Unfortunately, t=
hey don't fully apply to my case, since I'm not PXE-booting the system; it =
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.

>=20
> BTW, if you ever visit the Netapp campus in Sunnyvale, California, feel
> free to say hello,
> because I work around the corner from there. :)
> --
> Craig Rodrigues
> rodrigc@crodrigues.org




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