Mount freebsd file systems during pxe boot using NFS

[Quentin SCHWERKOLT]

Hi,

I have made several times pxe boot using NFS with FreeBSD 8.x / 9.x and I never had to use the vmxnet driver. What is your exact error?

Quentin

> Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 14:20:53 +0200
> Subject: Re: Mount freebsd file systems during pxe boot using NFS
> From: amine.tay91 at gmail.com
> To: oshogbo at freebsd.org
> CC: freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Yes it is now. Actually it was just a matter of compatipility.
> I was using a vmware virtual machine, and FreeBSD 9.1 requires drivers for
> vmware network interface (vmxnet) to be installed so...
> 
> Thanks.
> Amine
> 
> 
> 2014-07-05 21:35 GMT+02:00 Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo at freebsd.org>:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Did you mange to get it work?
> > What vm do you use?
> >
> > Check out also this: http://oshogbo.vexillium.org/blog/28/
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Marisuz
> >
> > On 24 June 2014 15:43, amine tay <amine.tay91 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello, everyone ,
> > >
> > > I have a little problem that took me 3 days of work and still no result
> > or
> > > solution.
> > > I am trying to pxe boot a FreeBSD 9.2 i386 on a virtual machine.
> > Everything
> > > is ok on my DHCP , TFTP and NFS server.
> > >
> > > DHCP :
> > > option root-path is set
> > >
> > > TFTP:
> > > my pxebot file
> > >
> > > NFS :
> > > /etc/exports file is filled with tha path of the image
> > >
> > > Once the client is booted it hangs when trying to mount system files as
> > it
> > > is shown in the image attached.
> > >
> > > Also in my FreeBSD kernel I have : option NFS_ROOT
> > > I don't know what's the problem. and I commented out the /etc/fstab
> > >
> > > /etc/fstab (of FreeBSD image)
> > > #/dev/iso9660/FREEBSD_INSTALL  / cd9660 ro 0 0
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance for your help.
> > >
> > > Amine.
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