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

Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-20 Thread Francois Tigeot
On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 04:18:17PM -0700, David G. Lawrence wrote: > >I assume you saw this in the tftpd manual page? > > BUGS > Files larger than 33488896 octets (65535 blocks) cannot be transferred > without client and server supporting blocksize negotiation (RFC1783). > > M

Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-20 Thread David G. Lawrence
> 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 does not > seem to find the files. It seems as if only part of the

Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

2005-04-20 Thread Kövesdán Gábor
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 PXEBOOT+TFTPBOOT. No NFS. Any reasons for not using NFS ? I use i386/5.4RC2/TFTPD/PXEBOOT+TFTPBOOT . (same pb with a 5.3). Am I missing so

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

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

2005-04-19 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 Marc Olzheim
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..). > > Am I the only one on earth to need a big MFSROOT ??? > :) Hmm, I guess so. :-P

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 Marc Olzheim
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 PXEBOOT+TFTPBOOT. No > NFS. Any reasons for not using NFS ? > I use i386/5.4RC2/TFTPD/PXEBOOT+TFTPBOOT . > (same pb with a 5.3). > > Am I missing something obvio

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