From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 17 04:23:49 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCD22B4F for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:23:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nonesuch@longcount.org) Received: from mail-qc0-f182.google.com (mail-qc0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6EA8FC08 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id k19so2820296qcs.13 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:23:43 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer:message-id:date:to :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:x-gm-message-state; bh=okWZTTaB5ooUo8+G/PL1ZLgIyDUHPpKTNn+uLyMfiJE=; b=GmDrovszQMjfXprm3RkZ3RZKgZyjlpqt8McBJDjhNqMkRKreNtGNfFkT87NAlm+s2A XDGP2+HOxe2AMU42yA8gNPfxO62ZiTfZ78TsqqBk+NTYJ1qO7Xp0wx1Yen26UlLRPY1m C70ESfMtrFG/hVPokNIxnNAnaFTVvVwJL2MAUaQddwJxzz6TVE1Qw6wM/t/5UaSjrBIU 72L7bQyFjPhxKMmYxbxysLIrky0J1aRlhaBAoQv05g/sJ01w/jhBheeknk/6STIQNjaO 8knHTd26ZW7PA0VgU3qsRE3ivaKhWzGoq+LdUWppLcE6Wyg1ZOdCfUuz4fHO2NQWURw4 CjxQ== Received: by 10.224.42.136 with SMTP id s8mr6416090qae.82.1353126223605; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:23:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.11.110] (ool-4a58bea2.dyn.optonline.net. [74.88.190.162]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f12sm2016129qey.5.2012.11.16.20.23.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:23:42 -0800 (PST) Subject: Fwd: Using PC-Sysinstall for automated network installs of FreeBSD References: <5A809BE8-B436-4C9C-8902-FA138EF709AF@longcount.org> From: Mark Saad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B206) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:23:40 -0500 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn0Zg5OUvr+p5546slBdW/wOahL20BqBxynqol/enSunWh8dlccVhMLtvq4aGJy0PQsStHB X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 04:23:49 -0000 >=20 > On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Warren Block wrote: >=20 >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Mark Saad wrote: >>=20 >>> Useful paths on /export, /export/install/freebsd/9.1/{i386,amd64} >>> this is the contents of the install media rsync'd to a local filesystem >>=20 >> Do you have a way to choose either i386 or amd64 installs? >=20 > For my setup no , I just manually change the symlinks .=20 >=20 >>=20 >>> 5 I changed my rc.conf to start a simple shell script and not the >>> bsdinstall bits >>=20 >> Maybe you mean "/etc/rc.local" there? >>=20 > Yes that was a typo rc.local=20 >=20 >>> export TERM=3Dvt220 >>>=20 >>> echo "o PC-SYSINSTALL " >>> exec /conf/picker.sh >>=20 >>=20 >> Trying to start this from SYSLINUX almost works. My menu config just doe= s >>=20 >> menu label FreeBSD 9 Install >> pxe {serverip}:/usr/tftpboot/images/fbsd9ins/boot/pxeboot >>=20 >> The kernel boots, it gets to >>=20 >> Trying to mount root from nfs: []... >> NFS ROOT: {serverip}:/usr/tftpboot/images/fbsd9ins >>=20 >> and then it stops and just sits. NFS mount of that directory works on an= other system. Anything obvious I should check? I know pxeboot needs to be r= ecompiled for some things, but can't recall the details. >=20 > Well I would check to see if your have a default loader build , if your l= oader was rebuilt with HAS_TFTPSUPPORT or something like that , it will not w= ork . =20 >=20 > What's in your exports file ? Also what's in your dhcpd config ?=20 >=20 > --- > Mark saad | mark.saad@longcount.org >=20