This was originally posted to freebsd-questions, but I didn't get a
response. I'm hoping that someone in here has successfully netbooted a
FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE box on Intel EtherExpress Pro 100+ cards and can share
their story.
Since I wrote this message, I have tried etherboot 4.4.5. Still no go.
- Matt
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Zahorik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 1:40 PM
Subject: Netbooting FreeBSD 4.0/Intel?
: Does anyone have a howto on netbooting FreeBSD 4.0/Intel with Etherboot?
:
: I've easily managed to netboot my FreeBSD 4.0/Alpha boxes with the
included
: Alpha SRM netboot utility. I really like the bootp/NFS solution used by
: netboot. It's quite clean, especially since I'm mounting root from this
: same box.
:
: My Intel boxes are proving to be more difficult.
:
: Netboot is depreciated on Intel, and doesn't even seem to compile on
FreeBSD
: 4.0. Either way, it doesn't support the Intel Pro/100+ cards (82559
based)
: I have in my Intel boxes. No bootp/NFS for the Intel boxes. :-(
:
: So I turned to Etherboot as suggested in many Usenet postings and the list
: archives.
:
: I hand compiled the latest, etherboot 4.4.4. That didn't work. (see
below)
:
: I used ports to install etherboot 4.2.13. (Had to change the Makefile
since
: it specifies 4.2.11, which isn't available anymore) This too didn't work.
:
: In both cases, I wrote floppyload.bin and eepro100.lzrun to a floppy.
: Etherboot starts, gets its IP address from bootp, TFTP's the kernel,
quickly
: says "Loading Segment 1", "Loading Segment 2", "Loading Segment 3", and
then
: promptly reboots the machine.
:
: The kernel is compiled with all the option BOOTP.* bits - it should work.
I've even
: tried the generic kernel that I used to boot the server, knowing it would
crash when trying
: to mount root, but at least I'd see *something*. No go.
:
: So, if anyone has any pointers or a list of things you did to get this
work,
: I'd appreciate it.
:
: Thanks!
:
: - Matt
:
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