Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:45:10 +0100 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Klaus_Friis_=D8stergaard?=" <farremosen@gmail.com> To: "Erik Norgaard" <norgaard@locolomo.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making thin client server Message-ID: <be36dc210702211445j1b38ce08se4b89bdc0c88f8ff@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45D0D075.7030402@locolomo.org> References: <be36dc210702120613m37c984dbw4ad06b1a3be7a00b@mail.gmail.com> <45D0D075.7030402@locolomo.org>
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Hi Erik, 2007/2/12, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>: > > Klaus Friis =D8stergaard wrote: > > > I have a EPATech eTC thin client it is build on a Vortex86 processor. I > > tried with a 6.1 relase in order PXE boot the thin client and it fails. > > > > Is it possible to build an older relase like 5.3 on a 6.1 relase and us= e > it > > for the thin clients, to boot from? > > Yes, it is possible. Check out the desired version with cvs, then build > world and kernel, finally, install with DESTDIR=3D/dir/of/choice > > Details here: http://www.locolomo.org/pub/pxeboot/diskless.html Tried to follow your description, but I seem to have lost some thing, the client now starts the PXEBOOT process and it looks in the (/var/diskless/FreeBSD/)/boot/defaults/loader.conf that says (/var/diskless/FreeBSD/)/boot/kernel But according to your instruction http://www.locolomo.org/pub/pxeboot/pxeboot.html the kernel was installed i= n the /var/tftp/boot/ Should I simply make DISTDIR=3D/var/diskless/FreeBSD installkernel instead? Regards, Klaus --=20 Klaus F. =D8stergaard, <farremosen(at)gmail dot com>
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