Hello,
I am looking to set up a server to install bsd over pxe. I am going to be getting a bunch of computers from my old school (10+) and need a way to quickly nuke whats on them and install bsd. I need to install bsd on all of these machines, and i figured that the network boot option would be the best way to go. All of these machines are the same model , so loading specific drivers for different hardware shouldnt be a problem.
I am using a windows server to host the bsd files, im using tftpd as the tftp server.
I have been trying to follow this guide as reference
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/article.html
But get lost part way in. What files do i need to put in my tftp server directory? How can i set it up so that the machines boot up to a tftp image, and finish the install from ftp?
(using a windows server so cant use nfs)
If someone could help me or nudge me in the direction of helpful information it would be extremely helpful, ive been at this for about 5 hours now and cant get it figured out.
thanks
-Devin
I am looking to set up a server to install bsd over pxe. I am going to be getting a bunch of computers from my old school (10+) and need a way to quickly nuke whats on them and install bsd. I need to install bsd on all of these machines, and i figured that the network boot option would be the best way to go. All of these machines are the same model , so loading specific drivers for different hardware shouldnt be a problem.
I am using a windows server to host the bsd files, im using tftpd as the tftp server.
I have been trying to follow this guide as reference
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/article.html
But get lost part way in. What files do i need to put in my tftp server directory? How can i set it up so that the machines boot up to a tftp image, and finish the install from ftp?
(using a windows server so cant use nfs)
If someone could help me or nudge me in the direction of helpful information it would be extremely helpful, ive been at this for about 5 hours now and cant get it figured out.
thanks
-Devin