On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Matt Simerson wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been trying hard to get a FreeBSD system booted via PXE with only
> limited success. Maybe someone can have a look at my configs and shed a
> little light on this for me.
>
> Here's what happens at boot time:
>
> Intel UNDI, PXE-2.0 (build 067)
Problem #1: broken build. Flash your motherboard/card to the latest,
build 082.
> option broadcast-address 192.168.254.255;
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.254.3;
> option domain-name "domain.com";
> option routers 192.168.254.1;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option space PXE;
> option PXE.mtftp-ip code 1 = ip-address;
> option PXE.mtftp-cport code 2 = unsigned integer 16;
> option PXE.mtftp-sport code 3 = unsigned integer 16;
> option PXE.mtftp-tmout code 4 = unsigned integer 8;
> option PXE.mtftp-delay code 5 = unsigned integer 8;
Problem #2: This is not required, and is in fact wrong. tftp != mtftp.
Unless you have an MTFTP server around ...
I highly suggest doing it the old fashioned way with boot-file. PXE will
fault over to RPL/'normal' mode very quickly and works perfectly.
Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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