docs/62412: one of the diskless boot methods described in the Handbook is flawed

[Victor Sudakov]

>Number:         62412
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       one of the diskless boot methods described in the Handbook is flawed
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 05 20:00:27 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Victor Sudakov
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p24 i386
>Organization:
AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD sibptus.tomsk.ru 4.7-RELEASE-p24 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p24 #0: Tue Dec 9 16:41:29 OMST 2003 root at sibptus.tomsk.ru:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NETADMIN i386


>Description:
It is known that booting the kernel without loader(8) is fraught with
errors. However Handbook Section 19.7 recommends booting kernel via
etherboot as one of the two legitimate methods.

>How-To-Repeat:
When did you last try to boot a diskless kernel prepared as
described in 19.7.1.4 via etherboot? It just does not work after
loading. See news:<bftrpf$1hik$1 at ddt.demos.su> and other numerous reports.

>Fix:

Only booting via PXE and pxeboot(8) should be described in the
Handbook. All references to etherboot should be deleted.


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