FreeBSD diskless workstation boot over Linux PXE server

[Erik Cederstrand]

vincenzo romero wrote:
> Thank you for the input from a couple of folks.  After a few research
> and readings I am able to boot off a diskless client; and have a
> little error encountered.  To clarify the environment:
> 
> 1.  PXE/DHCP/NFS/TFTP servers is a linux host
> 2.  DHCP - server - dhcpd.conf file shows the following: (for my
> freeBSD diskless client testing scenario)
> 
> filename "pxeboot";
> next-server 192.168.16.5;
> option root-path "192.168.16.5:/export/images/freeBSD";
> 
> -- pxeboot is the freeBSD /boot/pxeboot file I copied over to my
> /tftpboot directory.
> -- next server IP is the PXE/TFTPD/DHCP server ...
> -- the NFS root is exported by the NFS server as such.
> 
> .... The client seems to boot properly - acquires an IP address;
> downloads and reads the /tftpboot/pxeboot file;  .... a message also
> appears that indicates it mounted the root File system: (snippet of
> console messages:)
> 
> NFS ROOT:  192.168.16.5:/export/images/freeBSD
> nfe0:  link state change to UP
> Interface nfe0 IP_Address 192.168.16.5 ... . . . . ..
> Loading Configuration files.
> rc.conf:  not found
> No Suitable dump device was found .
> |
> etc.
> etc.

Did you modify rc.conf, fstab and resolv.conf as described in 
http://www.locolomo.org/pub/pxeboot/diskless.html? And what's hiding 
behind "etc. etc."?

Erik