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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:30:24 -0600
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@freebsd.org>
To:        "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" <alex.kovalenko@verizon.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: etherboot + pxeboot ?
Message-ID:  <45E35170.4020907@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <1172524396.43537.4.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net>
References:  <45E33F03.8030700@freebsd.org> <1172524396.43537.4.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net>

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On 02/26/07 15:13, Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 14:11 -0600, Eric Anderson wrote:
>> Has anyone successfully used etherboot to load pxeboot via tftp (or
>> NFS), and then NFS boot a FreeBSD -CURRENT box?
> 
> I did install -CURRENT snapshot using on-board ROM of my Intel PRO/1000,
> since my laptop does not have optical drive. I realize that it is not
> quite what you are looking for, but if you think any server-side
> configuration bits could be useful to you, please, let me know.
> 


Nah, I can successfully NFS boot a -CURRENT box just fine.  It's only 
when using etherboot that it doesn't work (it gives an "Unable to load" 
error).  Loading the pxeboot file via pxelinux ends up with a BTX halted 
crash that I don't understand.


Eric





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