Re: diskless/pxe booting problem...
From: Wes Zuber (wes_at_uia.net)
Date: 10/14/03
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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:24:35 -0700 To: Dave O <dso@mssystems.com>
Are you sure that you have a kernel at /tmp ? Your config says that the
root "/" for this boot is really at /tmp
--Wes
On Oct 14, 2003, at 12:09 PM, Dave O wrote:
> I've been experiencing a problem getting a soekris to pxe boot
> properly. I've tried this with both RELENG_4_8 and RELENG_4 and it
> still gives me the same problem. I've read and re-read the diskless
> operation, nfs, and freebsd booting process sections in the handbook,
> as well as tried to read and understand both the rc.diskless[12]
> scripts and the clone_root script.
>
> I'm exporting /tmp on the dhcp server since that was the only way I
> could get the -alldirs option to work, though in retrospect, I don't
> seem to need it. I've used both the clone_root method to create a
> proper root to export, as well as using the method described in
> jail(8). The soekris is able to pxe boot off of the server, but it
> always hangs in the same spot. Does anyone have any idea what I
> should be looking at? Here is my configuration. For the sake of
> space, I didn't include the entire configuration files, only what I
> believe is pertinent. If I should provide any more info, I'm welcome
> to suggestions.
>
> /etc/exports
> --------------------------------
> /tmp -alldirs -ro -maproot=0:0 172.16.34.98 172.16.34.99
>
> /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf
> --------------------------------
> host soekris1 {
> hardware ethernet 00:00:24:c1:2f:64;
> fixed-address 172.16.34.98;
> filename "pxeboot";
> next-server 172.16.34.1;
> option root-path "172.16.34.1:/tmp";
> }
>
> host soekris2 {
> hardware ethernet 00:00:24:c1:2f:84;
> fixed-address 172.16.34.99;
> filename "pxeboot";
> next-server 172.16.34.1;
> option root-path "172.16.34.1:/tmp";
> }
>
>
> /tmp/conf/base/etc/fstab && /tmp/etc/fstab
> --------------------------------
> # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
> 172.16.34.1:/tmp / nfs ro 0 0
> proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
>
> /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/DISKLESS
> --------------------------------
> # Options for pxe booting
> options BOOTP
> options BOOTP_NFSROOT
> options BOOTP_COMPAT
> options NFS
> options NFS_ROOT
>
> dmesg
> --------------------------------
> FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 0.8
> (root@stan.mssystems.com, Mon Oct 13 17:25:56 CDT 2003)
> pxe_open: server addr: 172.16.34.1
> pxe_open: server path: /tmp
> pxe_open: gateway ip: 172.16.34.1
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> /kernel text=0x1b91dd data=0x20a74+0x1f598 -
> Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993,
> 1994
> The Regents of the University of California. All rights
> reserved.
>
> [verbose dmesg snipped]
>
> bpf: lo0 attached
> IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
> IP Filter: v3.4.31 initialized. Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
> Sending DHCP Discover packet from interface sis0 (00:00:24:c1:2f:64)
> Sending DHCP Discover packet from interface sis1 (00:00:24:c1:2f:65)
> Sending DHCP Discover packet from interface sis2 (00:00:24:c1:2f:66)
> Received DHCP Offer packet on sis0 from 172.16.34.1 (accepted) (no
> root path)
> Sending DHCP Request packet from interface sis0 (00:00:24:c1:2f:64)
> Received DHCP Ack packet on sis0 from 172.16.34.1 (accepted) (got root
> path)
> DHCP timeout for interface sis1
> DHCP timeout for interface sis2
> sis0 at 172.16.34.98 server 172.16.34.1 boot file pxeboot
> subnet mask 255.255.255.0 router 172.16.34.1 rootfs 172.16.34.1:/tmp
> Adjusted interface sis0
> Shutdown interface sis1
> Shutdown interface sis2
> Mounting root from nfs:172.16.34.1:/tmp
> missing device name
> setrootbyname failed
> NFS ROOT: 172.16.34.1:/tmp
>
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