Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 20:45:29 +0200 From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PXE boot FreeBSD without need of NFS server Message-ID: <20090528184529.GA25249@sekishi.zefyris.com> In-Reply-To: <4A1E38FA.1070208@t-online.hu> References: <4A1D0DD2.2090209@t-online.hu> <44909.80.95.75.131.1243420547.squirrel@mail.deployis.eu> <4A1E38FA.1070208@t-online.hu>
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On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 09:10:50AM +0200, Mikael Bak wrote: > Pertti, András, > Thank You for the useful links! > Kiitos and Köszönöm szépen :-) > > Gót András wrote: > > Hi, > > > > AFAIK only the kernel and initrd (in the linux case) can be booted from > > tftp, that's a PXE feature. When the kernel loaded it takes over and from > > then on the kernel will need a rootfs from somewhere. I don't think that a > > tftp rootfs is possible. > > > > Yes, I know it's not possible to have the rootfs on tftp. That is not my > goal. I only wish to host an image file containing a rootfs that will > act as a ram disk. Much like the initrd does in the Linux world. The > rootfs will only contain the things needed to start the installation > process. Have a look at ThinBSD. It a mini FreeBSD-5.x system which uses a ramdisk image as root. It can be booted from a TFTP server, without NFS. The web site is here: http://thinbsd.zefyris.com/ I use it everyday to run a X terminal. -- Francois Tigeot
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