FreeBSD diskless workstation and over the network installation via PXE

Hello, Am new to FreeBSD and relatively new to linux; I have a CentOS 5.1 PXE/tftpd/dhcpd server; I'd like it to be the build/PXE server where a bunch of 1U clients could PXE boot and run: 1. diskless over NFS-Root In googling, seems like there is a clone script that preps and lets you

Re: FreeBSD diskless workstation boot over Linux PXE server

google this issue, to no avail. thanks in advanced. On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 2:45 AM, Erik Norgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: vincenzo romero wrote: Hello, Am new to FreeBSD and relatively new to linux; I have a CentOS 5.1 PXE/tftpd/dhcpd server; I'd like it to be the build/PXE server where

Re: FreeBSD diskless workstation boot over Linux PXE server

, Erik Cederstrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: vincenzo romero wrote: Thank you for the input from a couple of folks. After a few research and readings I am able to boot off a diskless client; and have a little error encountered. To clarify the environment: 1. PXE/DHCP/NFS/TFTP servers

Solved: FreeBSD diskless workstation boot over Linux PXE server

PROTECTED] wrote: vincenzo romero wrote: Thank you for the input from a couple of folks. After a few research and readings I am able to boot off a diskless client; and have a little error encountered. To clarify the environment: 1. PXE/DHCP/NFS/TFTP servers is a linux host 2. DHCP

JDK for FreeBSD 7

A quick question: 1. Based on the following available downloads: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml seems like there is no SW available for the FreeBSD 7 stable release?... pls confirm? 2. Is there a way of (sorry for the naive question) running the latest for FBSD6 into 7?

FreeBSD pxeboot unable to mount NFSroot

Hello all, I would like to find out if the following is a known and documented issue, and if so, can someone please point me to a link where I can further understand the problem and cause. I have encountered an issue where in a certain case a diskless client is unable to mount NFSroot. Here is

FreeBSD PXE client not getting netmask config from DHCP server

Hello all, I wanted to check and test my PXE clients - where I have: - Cent OS 5.1 - PXE/DHCP/TFTP/NFS server with the root-NFS-images - client - FreeBSD 7: uname -a FreeBSD r02s01 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #1: Mon Mar 3 21:52:54 PST 2008 [EMAIL

Re: FreeBSD PXE client not getting netmask config from DHCP server

0.0.0.255 *sigh* ... am I missing something in my client side? thanks in advance! On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Erik Norgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: vincenzo romero wrote: Hello all, I wanted to check and test my PXE clients - where I have: - Cent OS 5.1 - PXE/DHCP/TFTP

Re: FreeBSD PXE client not getting netmask config from DHCP server

Netmask255.255.255.0 Netmask (hex) 0xff00 Wilcard Bits 0.0.0.255 *sigh* ... am I missing something in my client side? thanks in advance! On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:24 AM, Erik Norgaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: vincenzo romero wrote: Hello all

how to pass nfs nolock option in /etc/fstab

Hello all, I have come across an issue where I attempted to mount my NFSroot FS with a nolock option in order to support a database application. In an attempt to do so, I edited my /etc/fstab as follows: 192.168.17.1:/export/images/00A0D1E35B7E/freebsd7_x64 / nfs