svn commit: r44134 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking

Dru Lavigne dru at FreeBSD.org
Wed Mar 5 18:27:37 UTC 2014


Author: dru
Date: Wed Mar  5 18:27:36 2014
New Revision: 44134
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44134

Log:
  Clarify the procedure for setting up the PXE Environment.
  Comment out some sections which probably no longer apply.
  
  Sponsored by: iXsystems

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml	Wed Mar  5 18:10:32 2014	(r44133)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml	Wed Mar  5 18:27:36 2014	(r44134)
@@ -3914,8 +3914,7 @@ ifconfig_<literal>lagg0</literal>="laggp
 
     <sect2 xml:id="network-pxe-nfs">
       <info>
-      <title>Setting Up the &man.chroot.8; Environment for the
-	<acronym>NFS</acronym> Root File System</title>
+      <title>Setting Up the <acronym>PXE</acronym> Environment</title>
 
       <authorgroup>
 	<author>
@@ -3931,29 +3930,30 @@ ifconfig_<literal>lagg0</literal>="laggp
       </authorgroup>
     </info>
 
+    <para>The steps shown in this section configure the built-in
+      <acronym>NFS</acronym> and <acronym>TFTP</acronym> servers.  The
+      next section demonstrates how to install and configure the
+      <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server.  In this example, the
+      directory which will contain the files used by <acronym>PXE</acronym> users is
+      <filename>/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/install</filename>.  It is
+      important that this directory exists and that the same directory
+      name is set in both <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> and
+      <filename>/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf</filename>.</para>
+
       <procedure>
 	<step>
-	  <para>Choose a directory which will have a &os;
-	    installation which will be <acronym>NFS</acronym>
-	    mountable.  For example, a directory such as
-	    <filename>/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/install</filename> can be
-	    used.</para>
+	  <para>Create the root directory which will contain a &os; installation
+	    to be <acronym>NFS</acronym> mounted:</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>export NFSROOTDIR=/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/install</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p ${NFSROOTDIR}</userinput></screen>
-
-	<para>Place <filename>tftpboot</filename>
-	  anywhere on the server.  Make sure that the location is
-	  set in both <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> and
-	  <filename>/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf</filename>.</para>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
 	  <para>Enable the <acronym>NFS</acronym> server by adding this line to
-	      <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename></para>
+	      <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
 	      
 	  <programlisting>nfs_server_enable="YES"</programlisting>
-
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
@@ -3965,9 +3965,9 @@ ifconfig_<literal>lagg0</literal>="laggp
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Restart the <acronym>NFS</acronym> server:</para>
+	  <para>Start the <acronym>NFS</acronym> server:</para>
 
-	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service nfsd restart</userinput></screen>
+	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service nfsd start</userinput></screen>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
@@ -3978,8 +3978,9 @@ ifconfig_<literal>lagg0</literal>="laggp
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Add the following line to
-	    <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename>:</para>
+	  <para>Uncomment the following line in
+	    <filename>/etc/inetd.conf</filename> by making sure it
+	    does not start with a <literal>#</literal> symbol:</para>
 
 	  <programlisting>tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -l -s /b/tftpboot</programlisting>
 
@@ -3987,22 +3988,21 @@ ifconfig_<literal>lagg0</literal>="laggp
 	      <para>Some
 		<acronym>PXE</acronym> versions require the
 		<acronym>TCP</acronym> version of
-		<acronym>TFTP</acronym>.  In this case, add a second
-		line, replacing <literal>dgram udp</literal> with
+		<acronym>TFTP</acronym>.  In this case, uncomment the second
+		<literal>tftp</literal> line which contains
 		<literal>stream tcp</literal>.</para>
 	    </note>
-
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Restart &man.inetd.8;:</para>
+	  <para>Start &man.inetd.8;:</para>
 
-	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service inetd restart</userinput></screen>
+	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service inetd start</userinput></screen>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Rebuild the &os; kernel and userland (<xref
-	      linkend="makeworld"/>):</para>
+	  <para>Rebuild the &os; kernel and userland (refer to <xref
+	      linkend="makeworld"/> for more detailed instructions):</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/src</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>make buildworld</userinput>
@@ -4034,7 +4034,7 @@ Received 264951 bytes in 0.1 seconds</sc
 	    <acronym>NFS</acronym>:</para>
 
 	  <programlisting># Device                                         Mountpoint    FSType   Options  Dump Pass
-myhost.example.com:/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/install       /         nfs      ro        0    0</programlisting>
+<replaceable>myhost.example.com</replaceable>:/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/install       /         nfs      ro        0    0</programlisting>
 
 	  <para>Replace <replaceable>myhost.example.com</replaceable>
 	    with the hostname or <acronym>IP</acronym> address of the
@@ -4045,18 +4045,16 @@ myhost.example.com:/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/i
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Set the root password in the &man.chroot.8;
-	    environment:</para>
+	  <para>Set the root password in the <acronym>PXE</acronym>
+	    environment for client machines which
+	    are <acronym>PXE</acronym> booting :</para>
 
 	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chroot ${NFSROOTDIR}</userinput>
 &prompt.root; <userinput>passwd</userinput></screen>
-
-	  <para>This sets the root password for client machines which
-	    are <acronym>PXE</acronym> booting.</para>
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Enable &man.ssh.1; root logins for client machines
+	  <para>If needed, enable &man.ssh.1; root logins for client machines
 	    which are <acronym>PXE</acronym> booting by editing
 	    <filename>${NFSROOTDIR}/etc/ssh/sshd_config</filename>
 	    and enabling <literal>PermitRootLogin</literal>.  This
@@ -4064,22 +4062,36 @@ myhost.example.com:/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/i
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <para>Perform other customizations of the &man.chroot.8;
-	    environment in ${NFSROOTDIR}.  These customizations could
-	    include things like adding packages with &man.pkg.add.1;,
-	    editing the password file with &man.vipw.8;, or editing
-	    &man.amd.conf.5; maps for automounting.  For
-	    example:</para>
-
-	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chroot ${NFSROOTDIR}</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg_add -r bash</userinput></screen>
+	  <para>Perform any other needed customizations of the <acronym>PXE</acronym>
+	  environment in <filename>${NFSROOTDIR}</filename>.  These customizations could
+	    include things like installing packages or
+	    editing the password file with &man.vipw.8;.</para>
 	</step>
       </procedure>
+
+      <para>When booting from an <acronym>NFS</acronym> root volume,
+	<filename>/etc/rc</filename> detects the
+	<acronym>NFS</acronym> boot and runs
+	<filename>/etc/rc.initdiskless</filename>.  In this case,
+	<filename>/etc</filename> and <filename>/var</filename> need
+	to be memory backed file systems so that these directories are
+	writable but the <acronym>NFS</acronym> root directory is
+	read-only:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chroot ${NFSROOTDIR}</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p conf/base</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -c -v -f conf/base/etc.cpio.gz --format cpio --gzip etc</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -c -v -f conf/base/var.cpio.gz --format cpio --gzip var</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>When the system boots, memory file systems for
+	<filename>/etc</filename> and <filename>/var</filename> will
+	be created and mounted and the contents of the
+	<filename>cpio.gz</filename> files will be copied into
+	them.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="network-pxe-setting-up-dhcp">
-	<title>Configuring the <application>ISC
-	    DHCP</application> Server</title>
+	<title>Configuring the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> Server</title>
 
 	<indexterm>
 	  <primary>DHCP</primary>
@@ -4180,7 +4192,8 @@ myhost.example.com:/b/tftpboot/FreeBSD/i
 	      The <acronym>NFS</acronym> server will then be the
 	      same as the <acronym>TFTP</acronym> one.</para>
       </sect2>
-
+<!--
+Are these sections still needed?
       <sect2>
 	<title>Preparing the Root File System</title>
 
@@ -4296,32 +4309,7 @@ cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution</prog
 	    &man.devfs.5; to allocate device nodes transparently for
 	    the user.</para>
     </sect2>
-
-    <sect2>
-      <title>Configuring Memory File Systems Used by
-	<filename>/etc/rc.initdiskless</filename></title>
-
-      <para>When booting from an <acronym>NFS</acronym> root volume,
-	<filename>/etc/rc</filename> detects the
-	<acronym>NFS</acronym> boot and runs
-	<filename>/etc/rc.initdiskless</filename>.  Read the comments
-	in this script to understand what is going on.  In this case,
-	<filename>/etc</filename> and <filename>/var</filename> need
-	to be memory backed file systems so that these directories are
-	writable but the <acronym>NFS</acronym> root directory is
-	read-only:</para>
-
-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chroot ${NFSROOTDIR}</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p conf/base</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -c -v -f conf/base/etc.cpio.gz --format cpio --gzip etc</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -c -v -f conf/base/var.cpio.gz --format cpio --gzip var</userinput></screen>
-
-      <para>When the system boots, memory file systems for
-	<filename>/etc</filename> and <filename>/var</filename> will
-	be created and mounted and the contents of the
-	<filename>cpio.gz</filename> files will be copied into
-	them.</para>
-    </sect2>
+      -->
 
     <sect2>
       <title>Configuring the <acronym>PXE</acronym> Client and


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