freebsd 6.2 jumpstart install

[Erik Norgaard]

Paul Kostick III wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I am trying to jumpstart install an IBM x336 server with a intel Pro100 nic
> with freebsd 6.2.  I have successfully done this install with freebsd 5.3
> and 6.0 on the same machine.  The sysinstall boot menu comes up from PXE.
> But when I put in the NFS path to the files, it won't mount.  My mount point
> is 192.168.1.50:/tftpboot/freebsd6.2/
> 
> I can mount this nfs mount point from another client, but not from the
> jumpstart/sysinstall menu.  Any suggestions?  Another oddity is that I
> noticed is when setting up the NIC, it does not get an ip address.  It seems
> to have a network issue, the network works on startup with the network/pxe
> boot.  It gets its ip, boots to the sysinstall menu.
> 
> Has anyone else jumpstarted 6.2 succesfully?  

The information above is not enough for anyone to help you:

- what have you in your dhcpd.conf?
- does the kernel you boot support nfs?
- did you compile your kernel for the pxe client with bootp?

If you have a network issue, then that may also explain why you can't 
mount. Does the kernel support the nic you have?

Anyway, for jumpstart install I think it is much simpler to install via 
ftp rather than messing around with nfs. I haven't tried 6.2, only 6.1, 
and I haven't seen any changes since 6.1 that should affect jumpstart

Cheers, Erik
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