> | > You don't, it is done via the bootp or dhcp record option 128 for example
> | > option option-128 "192.168.2.254:/usr/work/netboot";
> | > You then have to make the swap file in that directory of format
> | > swap.<IP of client>
> | > Use dd to create the file by copying /dev/zero for the size you want.
> | >
> | > Note during boot up the kernel will tell you what it is using for
> | > swap via this request.
> |
> | The option-128 confuse the pxeboot program. If I put
> |
> | option root-path "/export/diskless";
> | option option-128 "10.1.2.3:/export/shark";
> |
> | in the dhcpd.conf file, pxeboot tries to mount /export/sharkM-^[^B-i?
> | as the root filesystem. Removing the option-128 line at least get me to
> | boot albeit without swap.
>
> Root path should have the IP address of the server such as:
> option root-path "192.168.2.254:/usr/home/ambrisko/netboot";
>
> Then in boot messages you should see:
> rootfs is 192.168.2.254:/usr/home/ambrisko/netboot
> swapfs is 192.168.2.254:/usr/work/netboot
>
Yes, you are right. Putting the ip number in the root-path cures the
pxeboot failure. But is still only configure the NFS ROOT according
to the kernel's output. I had a look at the pxe code in
/sys/boot/i386/libi386/pxe.c where pxeboot is built from and in
/sys/i386/i386/autoconf.c which is the kernel side and it looks like
they don't do anything about swap. There is a /* XXX set up swap? */
placeholder though. :-)
John
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