Hi, I want to boot diskless into FreeBSD-5.4 with grub. I've setup dhcp to provide boot and ip information, tftp to load the kernel and nfs to share the root filesystem. It runs smoothly when I use the pxeloader from FreeBSD, but I can't get it working with Grub.
I tried this grub configuration: <snip> title bsd-nfsroot kernel (nd)/kernel/kernel ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=141.2.71.253:/dta/fBSD_diskless boot </snip> It loads the kernel, but does not boot. My guess is that it doesn't find the root partition. This one: <snip> title bsd-nfsroot kernel (nd)/loader ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=141.2.71.253:/dta/fBSD_diskless boot </snip> loader says it can't find the kernel. And this one: <snip> title bsd-nfsroot kernel (nd)/pxeboot ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=141.2.71.253:/dta/fBSD_diskless boot </snip> grub complains that pxeboot is not a correct executable I have spent hours digging the web without a solution. I would really appreciate it, if someone could help or give me a pointer to helpful resources. The background of the problem: I manage the software installation on a router-testbed. It consist of 24 identical x86-systems, with different local OS installation. When a system boots, it load GRUB via PXE from a server. The grub menu is generated dynamically from a configuration file, which determines what OS the system should start. For administration purposes, among other things software distribution, you can configure the systems to boot a diskless linux system via nfs (this works). But as some users run FreeBSD and Linux can't access UFS2-partitions, a diskless FreeBSD-image is required. Greetings, Daniel Hepper _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
