Hey guys,
I have a working PXE-installation on my FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE server.
I mainly used instructions from http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/pxe.html to set things up and everything works fine so far. I've got menus for different tools and disks, all running smoothly.
Some information about the setup:
- ISOs presented via NFS(ro) or as raw files
- File transfer after init via HTTP
- NFS-presented ISOs mounted via mdconfig
The setup is used to repair PCs (AVG live-CD, UltimateBootCD, ...) or to install (LinuxMint).
The only thing I cannot get up running is booting FreeBSD-images to install from NFS-sources.
Be aware, I am using pxelinux.cfg/syslinux here as used in the post mentioned above. I am not going the way described in the FreeBSD handbook for PXE-booting as this allows only one file to be handed out via DHCP to the clients - and I need multiple options.
So I am "just" looking for the correct entry for my pxelinux.cfg like this:
This post here shows some differences in the PXE process, starting with 9.0-RELEASE. But refers to the FreeBSD handbook single-file-boot way, too.
Any suggestions to get a multi-boot PXE environment WITH FreeBSD install disks in this setup?
I have a working PXE-installation on my FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE server.
I mainly used instructions from http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/pxe.html to set things up and everything works fine so far. I've got menus for different tools and disks, all running smoothly.
Some information about the setup:
- ISOs presented via NFS(ro) or as raw files
- File transfer after init via HTTP
- NFS-presented ISOs mounted via mdconfig
The setup is used to repair PCs (AVG live-CD, UltimateBootCD, ...) or to install (LinuxMint).
The only thing I cannot get up running is booting FreeBSD-images to install from NFS-sources.
Be aware, I am using pxelinux.cfg/syslinux here as used in the post mentioned above. I am not going the way described in the FreeBSD handbook for PXE-booting as this allows only one file to be handed out via DHCP to the clients - and I need multiple options.
So I am "just" looking for the correct entry for my pxelinux.cfg like this:
label mfsbsd
menu label mfsBSD
kernel memdisk
initrd images/mfsbsd/mfsbsd.iso.gz
append iso raw
This post here shows some differences in the PXE process, starting with 9.0-RELEASE. But refers to the FreeBSD handbook single-file-boot way, too.
Any suggestions to get a multi-boot PXE environment WITH FreeBSD install disks in this setup?