Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 23:24:07 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Glenn Gombert <ggombert@imatowns.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Current & Etherboot" Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020120232301.62016B-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20020120182001.00dab7b8@imatowns.com>
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Most people I know of that netboot boxes on Intel platforms now use PXE. With PXE config, the pxe loader has full access to the NFS-mounted /boot directory, so there's no reason to compile in the hints. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Glenn Gombert wrote: > etherboot runs fine on Current, all that is required if to have the > 'device.hints' statically compiled into the kernel you are trying to boot: > > #To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints > hints "NETBOOT.hints" #Default places to look for devices. > > > bit strange that the 'regulars' on the list didn't seem to know about this > ... > Glenn Gombert > ggombert@imatowns.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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