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    Install over PXE

    Seems to me to be NFS. Network up, got pxeboot from tftp on same address as NFS. Tried 8.2-RELEASE to eliminate 9.0 issues, but same output.
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    Install over PXE

    Got some response I can't figure out while trying to install 9.0-RELEASE over PXE. Trying to mount root from nfs: []... fxp0: link state changed to DOWN NFS ROOT: 192.168.1.2:/usr/local/pxeboot fxp0: link state changed to UP Interface fxp0 IP-Address 192.168.1.3 Broadcast 192.168.1.255...
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    Install over PXE

    Can someone explain to me why NFS is preferred for this operation and not http, ftp or tftp? Would be far more secure and easier to administer.
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    Install over PXE

    Just a thought, wouldn't it be in the interest of security to be able to boot this way without NFS?
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    Install over PXE

    Ok, I wanted to get around the whole compiling of a new kernel and the most in chapter 3 of that link. So I copied the 8.2-install CD into /usr/tftpboot. The whole idea was to just boot over PXE and get sysinstall working and installing over network, since the machine doesn't have a CDROM. When...
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    Install over PXE

    Can this be done without involving Syslinux? I'm able to boot using PXE and fetching the file /boot/pxeboot (as configured in dhcpd) from the server using TFTP. But from there NFS is need, or am I mistaking?
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    Install over PXE

    Is it possible to boot a computer with PXE and go directly to sysinstall? The documentation I find is only on diskless clients, and demands a lot of work (building own root on a NFS-mount etc).
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    freebsd 8.0 beta1 wireless

    A most helpful thread! Thank you guys! It's working. BUT... had to struggle for days to find the snag. I had compiled my kernel without "device bpf" (Berkeley packet filter). And that resulted in the following: wpa_supplicant[1035]: Failed to disable WPA in the driver. root...
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