Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 00:47:42 -0800 (PST) From: Jean-Francois Dockes <jean-francois.dockes@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/31951: Improved language for the 'diskless' handbook section Message-ID: <200111130847.fAD8lgb01172@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 31951
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Improved language for the 'diskless' handbook section
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 13 00:50:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jean-Francois Dockes
>Release: 4.4-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
reeBSD hautmedoc 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #2: Mon Oct 8 18:44:52 CEST 2001 dockes@hautmedoc:/usr/src/sys/compile/HAUTMEDOC i386
>Description:
The diskless section in the doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking chapter was initially committed before I could integrate some of the
suggestions for language improvement. These improvements follow in the attached patch.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
*** chapter.sgml.ori Tue Nov 13 08:50:56 2001
--- chapter.sgml Tue Nov 13 09:36:28 2001
***************
*** 1386,1392 ****
<programlisting>tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd /tftpboot</programlisting>
! <note><para>It appears that at least some PXE versions wants
the TCP version of TFTP. In this case, add a second line,
replacing <literal>dgram udp</literal> with <literal>stream
tcp</literal></para>
--- 1386,1392 ----
<programlisting>tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd /tftpboot</programlisting>
! <note><para>It appears that at least some PXE versions want
the TCP version of TFTP. In this case, add a second line,
replacing <literal>dgram udp</literal> with <literal>stream
tcp</literal></para>
***************
*** 1399,1408 ****
</step>
</procedure>
! <para>You can place the tftpboot directory anywhere on the server, but,
! of course, the actual location, the value in
! <filename>inetd.conf</filename>, and the value in
! <filename>dhcpd.conf</filename> must be consistent !</para>
<para>You also need to enable NFS service and export the
appropriate filesystem on the NFS server</para>
--- 1399,1408 ----
</step>
</procedure>
! <para>You can place the tftpboot directory anywhere on the
! server. Make sure that the location is set in both
! <filename>inetd.conf</filename>
! <filename>dhcpd.conf</filename></para>
<para>You also need to enable NFS service and export the
appropriate filesystem on the NFS server</para>
***************
*** 1503,1513 ****
<sect3>
<title>Configuring Swap</title>
! <para>If needed, it is possible to do swapping over NFS, to a file
! on the server. The exact <filename>bootptab</filename> or
! <filename>dhcpd.conf</filename> options are a little mysterious
! and poorly documented. Anyway, here is what worked for me, using
! isc-dhcp 3.0rc11.</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>Add the following lines to
<filename>dhcpd.conf</filename>:</para>
--- 1503,1513 ----
<sect3>
<title>Configuring Swap</title>
! <para>If needed, a swap file located on the server can be accessed via NFS.
! The exact <filename>bootptab</filename> or
! <filename>dhcpd.conf</filename> options are not clearly documented at
! this time. The following configuration suggestions have been reported
! to work in some installations using isc-dhcp 3.0rc11.</para>
<procedure>
<step><para>Add the following lines to
<filename>dhcpd.conf</filename>:</para>
***************
*** 1578,1590 ****
you will have to create the root file system on a
FreeBSD machine, then copy it to its destination, using
<command>tar</command> or <command>cpio</command>.</para>
! <para>In this situation, it seems that there are sometimes
problems with the special files in <filename>/dev</filename>,
! because of differing minor/major number integer sizes. It seems
! that a solution to this problem is to run <command>MAKEDEV</command>
! on a FreeBSD
! machine, in a directory mounted through NFS from the final
! server.</para>
</sect4>
--- 1578,1590 ----
you will have to create the root file system on a
FreeBSD machine, then copy it to its destination, using
<command>tar</command> or <command>cpio</command>.</para>
! <para>In this situation, there are sometimes
problems with the special files in <filename>/dev</filename>,
! due to differing major/minor integer sizes. A solution to this
! problem is to export a directory from the non-FreeBSD server,
! mount this directory onto a FreeBSD machine, and run
! <command>MAKEDEV</command> on the FreeBSD machine
! to create the correct device entries.</para>
</sect4>
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