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Date:      Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:04:22 +0300
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
To:        Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PXEboot fails at kernel (text) loading
Message-ID:  <12314601@srv.sem.ipt.ru>
In-Reply-To: <238459.68876.qm@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (Rob's message of "Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:22:22 -0800 (PST)")
References:  <238459.68876.qm@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:22:22 -0800 (PST) Rob wrote:

> I have a FreeBSD 6.1 PC as the server to a PXE boot
> of another Compaq Deskpro EN PC.

> The Compaq PC has the option of a "Network Service
> Boot" with the F12-key during BIOS boot up. On the
> server, tftpd, bootpd and dhcpd are all working well.

> For the diskless kernel config I have used the
> GENERIC one, but added:
>    options BOOTP
>    options BOOTP_NFSROOT
>    options BOOTP_COMPAT

According to man diskless those options are not needed for PXE.

> Any idea what's wrong here or what I could do to
> further test what the actual problem is?

You may consider re-reading man diskless -- all needed info is located
there.


WBR
-- 
Boris Samorodov (bsam)
Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP
FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve



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