On 19/09/2012 06:53, dweimer wrote: > I was just trying some proof of concept testing to see if I could get > a system booting with no local disk using iSCSI running from my > FreeNAS box. > > I got started, by first booting a 9.1-RC1 CD, into live CD, created a > /tmp/iscsi.conf used kldload to load the iscsi initiator, connected to > the target, created a gpt boot partition, swap partition and just a > single / volume using remianing space. Copied the bootcode, created > the file system, extracted the system etc. Created a loader.conf > file, added the iscsi_initiator_load="YES" option, copied my > /tmp/iscsi.conf file to the new file system at /etc/iscsi.conf created > a /etc/fstab file using the gpart labels to mount / and swap partitions. > > Booted the system from the iPXE.iso, ran the necessary configuration > options, connected to the iscsi volume, and booted from it. It does > launch the bootcode, as expected, and then breaks failing to mount root. > > Whoch I actually expected, I have proved I can install to an iSCSI > volume, I can connect to that iSCSI volume prior to loading the > kernel, and load the kernel from it. > > What I can't seem to find any information on is how to mount iSCSI > volumes at boot on FreeBSD, so that the kernel can mount the root > partition. Does anyone have any idea how to do this, or if its even > possible? > Sounds like you need this http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/iSCSI-boot-driver-0-2-5-isboot-ko-has-been-released-td5736301.html
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