Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:00:09 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: kevin stovall <kevinstovall@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Diskless Boot Problem Message-ID: <4327D889.3050200@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY101-F42FD36EBC528CD174C5021CF9F0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY101-F42FD36EBC528CD174C5021CF9F0@phx.gbl>
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kevin stovall wrote: > I am trying to set up diskless boot with FreeBSD 6.0 BETA2. I am using > PXE which is successful and the diskless box finds the kernel fine, but > it hangs right before it would normally give the login prompt. It > displays the date and then hangs. I am unable to SSH in from other > machine. It boots fine into single user mode. Has anyone experienced > this or have any ideas? Does it correctly mount the root file system? What is your root file system? a memory file system downloaded with tftp or nfs mount? I had the same problem (I recall it hanging just after displaying the date) recently on my disked laptop because /etc/ttys was corrupt after a crash. Also, I had no problems booting in single-user mode. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9
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