On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:13, Lars Eggert <l...@netapp.com> wrote: > On Jan 29, 2013, at 9:34, Craig Rodrigues <rodr...@crodrigues.org> wrote: >> I recommend that you do not use ROOTDEVNAME, and instead >> you should follow the instructions which I wrote and contributed to the >> FreeBSD handbook: >> >> "PXE Booting with an NFS Root File System" >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-pxe-nfs.html >> >> The content of this document is the same as the text file which Rick >> Macklem pointed out (I wrote that too). > > I had read both before, and they're very useful documents. Unfortunately, > they don't fully apply to my case, since I'm not PXE-booting the system; it > netboots the kernel from a custom loader. So once the kernel bootstraps, I > need it to obtain an IP address and then NFS-mount root.
(Whoops, hit send by mistake.) That's what I was trying to achieve with the BOOTP and BOOTP_WIRED_TO options. Hm, I wonder if I could simply use the custom loader to netboot tftpboot, and then follow your instructions... Will try. >> BTW, if you ever visit the Netapp campus in Sunnyvale, California, feel >> free to say hello, because I work around the corner from there. :) Am there about once a month, will do :-) Lars _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"