Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 15:21:57 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Brian Towles <brian@towles.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems PXE installing 5.X on RLX Blade Message-ID: <20040108232157.GA32476@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <1073593112.15165.23.camel@slug.flytechnology.com> References: <1073590996.15159.17.camel@slug.flytechnology.com> <20040108200719.GC28667@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <1073593112.15165.23.camel@slug.flytechnology.com>
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--Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 02:18:32PM -0600, Brian Towles wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 14:07, Brooks Davis wrote: >=20 > Thanks for the feedback. >=20 > > I suspect the attempt to use the mfs image is your problem. All the mfs > > stuff in the PXE article is unnecessicary. > >=20 > > You can directly boot a standard install disk by pointing tftp at > > the cdrom mount point and exporting the cdrom vis nfs. Then set > > filename to "boot/pxeboot" in dhcpd.conf and option root-path to > > "server:/cdrom_mount_point" >=20 > My dhcpd.conf and nfs are already set up that way. Removing the mfs > image doesnt change anything ... except now i get a reboot after the > hang with the same messages going on. Hmm, do you happen to have a more normal PC that you can PXE boot to make sure the problem really is the blade? I wouldn't be suprised if it is the blade, but making sure would be good. One thought, how are you accessing the console on these machines? Also, do they have PS/2 ports? -- Brooks --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE//eYUXY6L6fI4GtQRAvopAJ9To7UlyY0PZaSNCHf+0xPn9/aunQCeK0Qh rshN4UWsuWq0qidNojWR+0M= =HN8y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--
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