kern/91720: pxeboot always tries to do an rpc call to an nfs-server

[Ceri Davies]

The following reply was made to PR kern/91720; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri at submonkey.net>
To: Ruben Kerkhof <ruben.kerkhof at gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/91720: pxeboot always tries to do an rpc call to an nfs-server
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:05:08 +0000

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 On 12 Jan 2006, at 19:23, Ruben Kerkhof wrote:
 
 > I want to use the pxeboot loader to use an mfsroot as root, not an  
 > nfs mount.
 > In /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/libi386/pxe.c line 340, the function  
 > pxe_setnfshandle always gets called. If you don't have an nfs  
 > server running, the loader gives the error "NFS MOUNT RPC Error".  
 > It continues loading the mfsroot over tftp though.
 
 
 Sorry, can you confirm whether it works or not.
 
 "It continues loading the mfsroot over tftp" sounds like it's doing  
 what you want, but it obviously is not.  Could you clarify that a  
 little please?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Ceri
 
 
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