Using PXE to install FreeBSD 6.0 - wrong kernel path and ip

From: Emre Bastuz (info_at_emre.de)
Date: 11/10/05

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    Hi,

    Iīm trying to set up an environment where I can install FreeBSD servers via
    network/PXE.

    For testing purposes I installed a FreeBSD 6.0 system inside VMWare and created
    all neccessary configurations according to the tutorials at
    http://www.tnpi.biz/computing/freebsd/pxe-netboot.shtml and
    http://people.freebsd.org/~alfred/pxe/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/pxe/article.html.
    (dhcpd, nfs, etc.)

    I also added another virtual machine into VMWare which is supposed to be the
    server to be set up. When I boot the "client" machine however, the following
    happens:

    # tail /var/log/dhcpd.log

    Nov 10 09:54:48 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0
    Nov 10 09:54:48 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.17 to
    00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0
    Nov 10 09:54:49 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.2.17 (192.168.2.38)
    from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0
    Nov 10 09:54:49 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.2.17 to 00:0c:29:a1:44:95
    via lnc0

    ... so far so good ... the box asks for an IP address and receives the one I
    have configured in the dhcpd.conf for itīs particular MAC address ...

    Nov 10 09:54:50 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0
    Nov 10 09:54:50 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.17 to
    00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0
    Nov 10 09:54:50 install-i386 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.1.38 (192.168.2.3)
    from 00:0c:29:a1:44:95 via lnc0: ignored (not authoritative).

    ... now this is strange:
    - why does the box ask *again* for an IP address?
    - why does it ask for 192.168.1.38 in particular? I have not configured this
    address anywhere

    On the screen of the client I see the following information:
    BTX Loader ...
    [...]
    PXE Version 2.1
    [...]
    FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader
    [...]
    pxe_open: server addr: 192.168.2.38 -> the address of the DHCP server - thatīs
    OK
    pxe_open: server root: /pxeroot -> this one ist not OK - I have configured the
    kernel to be in /usr/local/export/pxe (nfs export) and not in /pxeroot
    pxe_open: gateway ip : 192.168.1.38 -> why this address? I have not configured
    this address or the subnet anywhere?!

    Does anyone have idea what might be going wrong?

    Cheers,

    Emre 

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