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8 DrewBroadley 1 !![PXE]/[NFS] Install of [FreeBSD] 5.x
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3 See [PXE] for more information about [PXE]
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5 __IMPORTANT__: None of the follow applies any security what so ever. You should use a FireWall and every other tool at your disposal to secure these services. [TFTP] has NO built-in security and [NFS] sucks just about as much.
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7 You will need [DHCP] (isc-dhcpd 3 or above) setup and working on a server.
8 On your server machine, add the following lines to your [DHCP] configuraton:
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10 next-server 10.x.y.z;
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12 Where 10.x.y.z is the [IP] of your server. In your subnet declaration add
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14 option root-path "/usr/local/export/freebsd"; # This is where you have your install data located
15 filename "pxeboot"
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17 Restart dhcpd. Then copy the contents of your [FreeBSD] 5.2.1 ISO or CD-Rom to /usr/local/export/freebsd.
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19 Add to your /etc/exports file (man exports)
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21 /usr -alldirs -maproot=root -ro
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23 And make sure your [NFS] server is functioning correctly, you might need to add:
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25 nfs_server_enable="YES"
26 nfs_client_enable="YES"
27 rpcbind_enable="YES"
28 mountd_enable="YES"
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30 To your /etc/rc.conf and run /etc/rc.d/nfsd start or similar. To check that it's working properly you can use
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32 showmount -e
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34 To list your available [NFS] exports and don't forget to check /var/log/messages.
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36 Now you need to setup a [TFTP] server. First enable it in inetd by uncommenting
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38 tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -l -s /tftpboot
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40 In /etc/inetd.conf and then (re)start inetd. Make the directory /tftpboot and copy /usr/local/export/freebsd/boot/pxeboot into that directory.
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42 Now all you need to do is turn on the target machine, watch the [PXE] Bios acquire an [IP] address and you should soon see the [FreeBSD] [BootLoader]. From now on the installer is just like a normal CD install. However, when it asks you for the location of your install media choose NFS and give the location:
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44 10.x.y.z:/usr/local/export/freebsd
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46 Happy installing.
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48 ----
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50 [PCMCIA] cards not being recognised when plugged in ?
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52 Try putting this into /boot/loader.conf:
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54 hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1
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56 - DrewBroadley
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9 JohnMcPherson 60 [GNOME] not showing up your battery status properly and/or giving you an 'APM not loaded error' when ACPI is enabled?
8 DrewBroadley 61
62 Adding to /etc/rc.conf the following:
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64 apmd_enable="yes"
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66 This will give you an error in dmesg going "/etc/rc: WARNING: /dev/apmctl not found; kernel is missing apm(4)" but this will get rid of that nagging error in Gnome.
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10 PhilMurray 69
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11 CraigBox 71
14 DanielLawson 72 !!Delete, Home and End key don't work in [FreeBSD] (using [PuTTY] and bash)
11 CraigBox 73
74 Add the following to ~/.inputrc:
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12 CraigBox 76 <verbatim>
11 CraigBox 77 "\e[3~": delete-char
78 "\e[1~": beginning-of-line
79 "\e[4~": end-of-line
12 CraigBox 80 </verbatim>
11 CraigBox 81
14 DanielLawson 82 ----
83 !! Where did 'seq' go?
10 PhilMurray 84 FreeBSD does not have GNU 'seq' by default installed, it has 'jot' instead and is more functional than 'seq'. See the [man page|http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jot&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.3-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html].