Date: 22 Feb 2003 22:09:23 -0500 From: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Diskless: 5.0R scripts, boot, NFS mount problems I didn't have in 4.7S Message-ID: <87lm07itgc.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org> In-Reply-To: <200302230146.h1N1kQrZ024560@apollo.backplane.com> References: <87el65pi4e.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org> <200302191844.h1JIiUIh004070@apollo.backplane.com> <87smufiz66.fsf@Pectopah.shenton.org> <200302230146.h1N1kQrZ024560@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes: > If you do this pxeboot will attempt to load the kernel via TFTP > instead of via NFS. You then put your kernel in /tftpboot right along > side a copy of pxeboot. > This allows you to netboot a different kernel then the one in the > server's root directory. Ahhhhh... [sound of lightbulb going on] I was wondering why it would be useful to get the kernel via TFTP rather than the NFS mount. Makes sense. Thanks! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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