Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Fred Clift]

> 
> they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78
> PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume
> this is better)

I have many intel MBs with built-in fxp nics that have 0.78 that work with
4.2's pxeboot just fine - I'm not trying to boot kernel remotely for local
filesystesm, but I can't see why it wouldn't work.  Off hand I'd guess
that you have to put the right options in your dhcp server to tell it to
find a 'local' root disk.  Good luck.

Fred

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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Dan Feldman]

For more docs, check out
http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml . It clarifies a
great deal.


 - dan feldman
   student, garfield high school, seattle

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Paul Saab wrote:

> Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > One way to boot the kernel over the network is to use PXE (if your
> > machine is recent enough to support it *well* : that is with a recent
> > version of the PXE firmware)
> > 
> > there is no real document on PXE booting
> > you can read a note by Alfred Perlstein on
> > , the manpage for pxeboot,
> > the code in rc.diskless{1,2}, the configuration of the boot server with
> > dhcp and tftp/nfs (you may have to tweak /etc/fstab in order to mount a
> > root partition which was not used to load /kernel ?)
> > 
> > there is also somme documentation on Intel's web site
> > 
> > I'm trying to use PXE, but it's not completly reliable (sometimes
> > pxeboot just crashes)
> 
> Upgrade the PXE rom
> http://people.freebsd.org/~ps/pxeroms/
> 
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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Thierry Herbelot]

Paul Saab wrote:
> 
> Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78
> > PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume
> > this is better)
> 
> No.. 0.99 is the orginal PXE v1.  PXE v2 (build 78) is what you have
> and is highly buggy.  You must request an update of the PXE rom from
> your motherboard manufacturer.

I'm not at work, so all is from memory (bad). I'll check once again on
monday

Thanks for the info

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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Paul Saab]

Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78
> PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume
> this is better)

No.. 0.99 is the orginal PXE v1.  PXE v2 (build 78) is what you have
and is highly buggy.  You must request an update of the PXE rom from
your motherboard manufacturer.

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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Thierry Herbelot]

Paul Saab wrote:
> 
> Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Paul Saab wrote:
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > My problem is that the NIC I'm trying to boot from is an on-board fxp on
> > a Motorola p-III M/B (I assume there is no specific "PXE rom", as PXE
> > may be included in the BIOS)
> >
> > will your "intel board" upgrade .exe work in this setup ?
> 
> You need to get an updated bios which contains a newer PXE rom.
> Motorola should contact Intel for the updated ROM.

they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78
PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume
this is better)

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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Paul Saab]

Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Paul Saab wrote:
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My problem is that the NIC I'm trying to boot from is an on-board fxp on
> a Motorola p-III M/B (I assume there is no specific "PXE rom", as PXE
> may be included in the BIOS)
> 
> will your "intel board" upgrade .exe work in this setup ?

You need to get an updated bios which contains a newer PXE rom.
Motorola should contact Intel for the updated ROM.

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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Thierry Herbelot]

Paul Saab wrote:
> 

Hi,

My problem is that the NIC I'm trying to boot from is an on-board fxp on
a Motorola p-III M/B (I assume there is no specific "PXE rom", as PXE
may be included in the BIOS)

will your "intel board" upgrade .exe work in this setup ?

TfH

> Upgrade the PXE rom
> http://people.freebsd.org/~ps/pxeroms/
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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Paul Saab]

Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> One way to boot the kernel over the network is to use PXE (if your
> machine is recent enough to support it *well* : that is with a recent
> version of the PXE firmware)
> 
> there is no real document on PXE booting
> you can read a note by Alfred Perlstein on
> , the manpage for pxeboot,
> the code in rc.diskless{1,2}, the configuration of the boot server with
> dhcp and tftp/nfs (you may have to tweak /etc/fstab in order to mount a
> root partition which was not used to load /kernel ?)
> 
> there is also somme documentation on Intel's web site
> 
> I'm trying to use PXE, but it's not completly reliable (sometimes
> pxeboot just crashes)

Upgrade the PXE rom
http://people.freebsd.org/~ps/pxeroms/

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Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Thierry Herbelot]

Hi,

One way to boot the kernel over the network is to use PXE (if your
machine is recent enough to support it *well* : that is with a recent
version of the PXE firmware)

there is no real document on PXE booting
you can read a note by Alfred Perlstein on
, the manpage for pxeboot,
the code in rc.diskless{1,2}, the configuration of the boot server with
dhcp and tftp/nfs (you may have to tweak /etc/fstab in order to mount a
root partition which was not used to load /kernel ?)

there is also somme documentation on Intel's web site

I'm trying to use PXE, but it's not completly reliable (sometimes
pxeboot just crashes)

TfH

Rohit Rakshe wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am running FreeBSD 4.1 on an Intel-III box. It is not a diskless
> machine, so root fs is still local, but I need to boot kernel over
> ethernet.
> 
> Reason for such a requirement: I am doing some kernel debugging and it is
> relatively quicker (after a panic) to recompile kernel on a server and
> reboot the test machine with the kernel on the server.
> 
> Currently available info doesn't seem to help me a lot. Any suggestions ?
> Thanks a lot !!
> 
> - Rohit
> 
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Remote boot, but not diskless operation

[Rohit Rakshe]

Hello,

I am running FreeBSD 4.1 on an Intel-III box. It is not a diskless
machine, so root fs is still local, but I need to boot kernel over
ethernet.

Reason for such a requirement: I am doing some kernel debugging and it is
relatively quicker (after a panic) to recompile kernel on a server and
reboot the test machine with the kernel on the server.

Currently available info doesn't seem to help me a lot. Any suggestions ?
Thanks a lot !!

- Rohit


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