Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-...@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> wrote: > > I'm curious if it should be possible to point to a img/iso directly (I > > tried to use the img.xz unpacked it and make it available on a local web > > server and that didn't seem to work for me) but maybe thats cause those > > images miss something, so arm64 aside does that work for amd64? I.E. using > > the bootonly.iso? > > One problem you run into in attemtping this is even if you get an > image downloaded and started that image is being provided by some > memory device driver that emulates some type of iso device. > FreeBSD does not have a driver for that device so once the kernel > gets to the point of mounting its root file system it falls on > its face with a mountroot failure.
Are you refering to something like: vfs.root.mountfrom="cd9660:/dev/md0.uzip" we boot that way all the time. _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
