PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-19 Thread Emmanuel Chriqui
Hi, I'm trying to make very big MD_ROOT (300MB) sent using PXEBOOT+TFTPBOOT. No NFS. It's a sort of diskless machine with all the system on ram. When image is small ( <= 45M ) everything boots ok. But if greater, then the kernel does not find the /sbin/init and then reboots over and over, as if t

RE: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-19 Thread Emmanuel Chriqui
> -Message d'origine- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Marc Olzheim > Envoyé : mardi 19 avril 2005 21:06 > À : Emmanuel Chriqui > Cc : freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Objet : Re: PXEB

RE: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-19 Thread Emmanuel Chriqui
> Objet : Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:31:10PM +0200, Emmanuel Chriqui wrote: > > This is roughly how it works under our linux servers, webservers, etc... > I > > was hoping to avoid that approach (less work.. less maintenance..

RE: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-19 Thread Emmanuel Chriqui
> Objet : Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem > > Marc Olzheim wrote: > > >On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:52:07AM +0200, Emmanuel Chriqui wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I'm trying to make very big MD_ROOT (300MB) sent using PXEBOO

RE: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-20 Thread Emmanuel Chriqui
> Objet : Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to make very big MD_ROOT (300MB) sent using PXEBOOT+TFTPBOOT. > No > > NFS. It's a sort of diskless machine with all the system on ram. There > is a > > problem when the preloaded image is >~32MB. Kernel loads but it

Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-25 Thread Emmanuel Chriqui
> I'm trying to make very big MD_ROOT (300MB) sent using > PXEBOOT+TFTPBOOT. No NFS. It's a sort of diskless machine with all the > system on ram. There is a problem when the preloaded image is >~32MB. > Kernel loads but it does not seem to find the files. It seems as if > only part of the image