From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 04:21:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D50837B401 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 04:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 538B043FAF for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 04:21:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd-q@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4GBL3GE060739; Fri, 16 May 2003 13:21:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stable@ei.bzerk.org) Received: (from stable@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h4GBKxjj060734; Fri, 16 May 2003 13:20:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 13:20:59 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: lasse lindgren Message-ID: <20030516112059.GB59271@ei.bzerk.org> References: <000001c31b3a$68677690$ce3043d5@boromir> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c31b3a$68677690$ce3043d5@boromir> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing freeBSD by pxe from a linux box. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 11:21:34 -0000 On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 01:33:36AM +0200, lasse lindgren typed: > > Hello > > Im new to this list and new to freebsd, actually i havent installed it > yet. The thing is i have to use PXE to install it, and there is NO > floppy,NO cdrom or VGA on this computer. > > It's a motorola 5360. > > Its capable of pxebooting, (im from the linux world) hda is a 16M cf Hdb > is a standard harddrive. User interface is a serialport, running > @38400,8n1. NIC is a eepro100 > > The computer is currently installed with linux, but since i have many > computers like this one, i thought about migrating into freebsd. > > i saw this page http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml > it gave me some hints, but since i dont have freebsd on the install > server i have problem. install server i also a cpn5360 and has debian > running as OS. > So when i came to the part when i need a kernel... im stuck. > The loader seem's to be up and runnig, because it tells med it needs a > kernel. Everything you need is on cdrom disk1: /kernel /boot/mfsroot.gz /boot/pxeboot Putting them in your tftproot directory should get you going. > > > Please help :) > > Lars > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------- > "I'm on the path, he thought. I don't have to know where it leads. I > just have to follow." > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"