Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 13:38:07 -0600 (CST) From: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Diskless in FBS4.5-R Message-ID: <20020316125555.U63785-100000@Gina.esfm.ipn.mx>
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Hello!! I have an old FreeBSD-4.3 box running in a Pentium I/160MHz. I use this computer as DHCP server and I have in it images for several operating systems [FBSD-4.3R among them]. Now, we wanted to update this computer and install FBSD-4.5R. to do this, I took a new computer, and installed and configured FreeBSD-4.5R. Then I transfered my /tftpboot directory, activated tftp service, copied my DHCP configuration, transfered my diskless OS systems. and everything seemed to be ok. My old computer was unplugged. I tested my diskless server with MS-DOS and it transfered it ok. I also have the files to transfer the installation images for installing FreeBSD-4.5 and it also worked ok. Nevertheless, my diskless image for FreeBSD-4.3R did not work and either a new one for FreeBSD-4.5. When the image is downloaded to the client, the kernel is transfered and loaded but, when it tries to mount the root filesytem, a panic issue is displayed saying that the mounting directory is not available [but, I can mount the rootfs directory using NFS in every computer in the network where the server is connected] Do you have any idea of what is happening? Do you have FreeBSD-4.5 working diskless and serving diskless images? Any suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Eduardo Viruena Silva eduardo.viruena@esfm.ipn.mx ESFM-IPN (52)(55) 5729-6000 x 55011 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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