PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem

Emmanuel Chriqui emmanuel.chriqui at laposte.net
Tue Apr 19 12:53:24 PDT 2005


> Objet : Re: PXEBOOT/TFTPBOOT + big MD_ROOT problem
> 
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 09:31:10PM +0200, Emmanuel Chriqui wrote:
> > This is roughly how it works under our linux servers, webservers, etc...
> I
> > was hoping to avoid that approach (less work.. less maintenance..).
> >
> > Am I the only one on earth to need a big MFSROOT ???
> > :)
> 
> Hmm, I guess so. :-P
> 
> Anyway, you might try
> 
> http://pigseye.kennesaw.edu/~dyeske/freebsd/article.html

Thx !

> ...
> 
> Another idea is to use NFS just to use the loader to 'load -t mfs_root'
> the mfsroot image. After that, you wouldn't depend on NFS anymore.
> 
> Marc
Very good idea. If my problem is related to TFTP + mfs_root than than this
might work. 

Emmanuel.



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