Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 03:23:12 -0800 (PST) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Running OS tftp vs. pxeboot tftp Message-ID: <1331032992.31618.YahooMailNeo@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHzLAVEYx%2BmfWLUhiFX=3dQkOJH8rUzs0EmBZwT%2BS6T3mk7SnA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHzLAVGCiYYx-EzAWUR63KEFvyC5-RMGzAFn7kVrYKzKgPVSnA@mail.gmail.com> <4F53D104.6060104@locolomo.org> <CAHzLAVEYx%2BmfWLUhiFX=3dQkOJH8rUzs0EmBZwT%2BS6T3mk7SnA@mail.gmail.com>
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=0A=0A=0AFrom: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com>=0ATo: Erik N=F8rgaard= <norgaard@locolomo.org>; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org =0ASent: Sunday, Ma= rch 4, 2012 3:51 PM=0ASubject: Re: Running OS tftp vs. pxeboot tftp=0A=0AHi= Erik,=0A=0AThanks for getting back to me.=A0 The original problem is the s= ame=0Aissue...we are still working it, but we've isolated the configuration= =0Awhere the issue manifests itself.=A0 It has to do with the FreeBSD=0Apxe= boot and Brocade switches.=A0 We will continue troubleshooting in our=0Alab= .=A0 When we've identified a fix/workaround I will be sure to follow=0Aup h= ere.=0A=0AOn 3/4/12, Erik N=F8rgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> wrote:=0A> On = 01/03/2012 16:16, Rick Miller wrote:=0A>> Hi All,=0A>>=0A>> Are there signi= ficant differences in the implementation between the=0A>> tftp client in Fr= eeBSD 8.2-RELEASE and the client implementation in=0A>> pxeboot.bs?=0A>=0A>= I have no reason to believe there should be any difference. If you=0A> bel= ieve there is a problem with the supplied pxeboot, you can compile=0A> your= own.=0A>=0A> You previusly wrote about VLAN tagging for your pxeboot nodes= , but never=0A> wrote back if you solved the problem. What's your setup?=0A= >=0A>> I ask because I have encountered a scenario where pxeboot.bs is=0A>>= tftp'ing boot files from a PXE server and fails in random spots while=0A>>= attempting to download boot files to start a 8.2-RELEASE install.=0A>> Whe= n we run the same sequence of tftp gets in a running 8.2-RELEASE=0A>> insta= nce continuously, we never received a single failure in a solid=0A>> hour o= f attempts.=0A>=0A> You should have some log or other traces to debug on th= e problem, can't=0A> help much without.=0A>=0A> BR, Erik=0A>=0A> --=0A> M: = +34 666 334 818=0A> T: +34 915 211 157=0A> ________________________________= _______________=0A> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0A> http://l= ists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0A> To unsubscribe, sen= d any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A>=0A=0A-- =0ASe= nt from my mobile device=0A=0ATake care=0ARick Miller=0A___________________= ____________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list= =0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubsc= ribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A= I can't speak to all the technical nuiances you reference here but I have a= diskless=0Abooting system which runs 8.2-STABLE and it's been running flaw= less for several=0Amonths. I last did make buildworld on the server's os an= d the diskless's boot=0Apartition in December...all is well for me.
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