Thanks for your feedback, Erik! I do have a question below... On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Erik Nørgaard <norga...@locolomo.org> wrote: > > See the other mail, the way pxeboot works IIRC, is that first the pxeboot is > fetched using tftp, the pxeboot is given the next server and will fetch the > kernel, modules and other files from /boot/ on that server, (path respective > to the root of the tftp dir). > > The kernel loads and will then fetch the mfsroot file. As mentioned, by > default this is done using nfs, and nfs is assumed if the kernel supports > nfs, even if it only fetches one file. This I understand has to be this way > since the network configuration set with dhcp does not specify the protocol. > > So, if your kernel supports nfs it will not use tftp and hence fail.
The kernel I am using is the kernel from the DVD ISO as it is downloaded from freebsd.org. How do I determine what modules have been enabled and disabled in that kernel? I am under the assumption that NFS is compiled into that kernel. We can install 8.2-RELEASE with this kernel in VMs, but not bare metal. Is there an explanation as to why an NFS enabled kernel would work inside a VM, but fail on bare metal? -- Take care Rick Miller _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"