On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 08:48:02AM -0700, Saint Aardvark the Carpeted wrote: > John Housden disturbed my sleep to write: > > 1. I have compiled and installed a custom kernel on my PXE server > > which works fine. I have placed my new kernel in /usr/tftpboot and > > in the NFS root. The PXE client loads the correct kernel to start the > > install, but after rebooting the client boots the GENERIC > > kernel. Where is sysinstall getting this kernel from? > > Is it possible that this is the GENERIC kernel installed by the > usual installation process (in other words, the same kernel you'd > expect to see after a CD-based install)?
Yes, this is the case. What I am trying to understand is how to configure sysinstall to install my custom kernel rather than the GENERIC kernel. I have searched my NFS mountpoint looking the kernel, but can only find my custom kernel. > > 2. I have a 'shutdown' command at the end of my install.cfg script, > > but on both a Dell Precision 610 and an IBM PC330, this does not > > work: instead the system reboots and restarts the installation > > unless I intercept the reboot! What am I missing? > > If you're installing to, and then booting from, a hard drive, I'd check the > BIOS boot order. > My boot order is floppy disk first then hard disk. (The Dell Precision 610 doesn't support native PXE booting, so I am using a 3Com Managed Boot Agent diskette to start my PXE installs). I have checked the power settings and 'AC Power Recovery' is OFF. This should mean that when power is restored, the PC stays OFF. > > 3. I get a prompt 'loading module ida.ko failed'. This is for Compaq > > Smart RAID, but I did not configure this option in my custom > > kernel. Presumably, I have not configured the list of kernel > > modules correctly? > > No idea, I'm afraid. Guess I need to research how kernel modules are linked with the kernel. > > > > Any pointers gratefully received - this has been driving me nuts for too > > long now! > > This is my first post to the list. > > I had to set up PXE booting for work, and it took me a *long* time > to figure out, too. If you've got this far, you're doing great. If you've > not checked out this link, it's well worth a look: > > http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/freebsd/pxe-netboot.shtml > > Hope that helps! Thanks for the encouragement and the link - I had seen it, but it didn't help. Looks like I shall have to re-read the documentation and do more research. > > -- > Saint Aardvark the Carpeted > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth. > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
