Hello Erik and all, thank you for all the help; all my issues are resolved, mostly stemming from silly misconfigurations and typos:
1. rc.conf file is missing - was caused by a typo - missing "#" from a comment line that began with the string "rc.conf". 2. i had some getty errors - bec. my /usr directory was not completely "tar'ed or cpio'ed" into my NFS root export. When I have iron'ed out and ensured that I followed Erik's instructions below: http://www.locolomo.org/pub/pxeboot/diskless.html I was fine. thanks again. - V. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:10 AM, Erik Cederstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > vincenzo romero wrote: > > Thank you for the input from a couple of folks. After a few research > > and readings I am able to boot off a diskless client; and have a > > little error encountered. To clarify the environment: > > > > 1. PXE/DHCP/NFS/TFTP servers is a linux host > > 2. DHCP - server - dhcpd.conf file shows the following: (for my > > freeBSD diskless client testing scenario) > > > > filename "pxeboot"; > > next-server 192.168.16.5; > > option root-path "192.168.16.5:/export/images/freeBSD"; > > > > -- pxeboot is the freeBSD /boot/pxeboot file I copied over to my > > /tftpboot directory. > > -- next server IP is the PXE/TFTPD/DHCP server ... > > -- the NFS root is exported by the NFS server as such. > > > > .... The client seems to boot properly - acquires an IP address; > > downloads and reads the /tftpboot/pxeboot file; .... a message also > > appears that indicates it mounted the root File system: (snippet of > > console messages:) > > > > NFS ROOT: 192.168.16.5:/export/images/freeBSD > > nfe0: link state change to UP > > Interface nfe0 IP_Address 192.168.16.5 ... . . . . .. > > Loading Configuration files. > > rc.conf: not found > > No Suitable dump device was found . > > | > > etc. > > etc. > > Did you modify rc.conf, fstab and resolv.conf as described in > http://www.locolomo.org/pub/pxeboot/diskless.html? And what's hiding > behind "etc. etc."? > > Erik > -- best, Vince _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"