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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:44:06 pm | by DrewBroadley | Revert |
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-!!PXE/NFS Install of FreeBSD 5.2.1
+!![
PXE]
/[
NFS]
Install of [
FreeBSD]
5.x
See [PXE] for more information about [PXE]
-__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.
+__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.
-You will need DHCP (isc-dhcpd 3 or above) setup and working on a server.
-On your server machine, add the following lines to your DHCP configuraton:
+You will need [
DHCP]
(isc-dhcpd 3 or above) setup and working on a server.
+On your server machine, add the following lines to your [
DHCP]
configuraton:
- next-server 10.58
.3
.1
;
+ next-server 10.x
.y
.z
;
-And in
your subnet declaration add
+Where 10.x.y.z is the [IP] of your server. In
your subnet declaration add
option root-path "/usr/local/export/freebsd"; # This is where you have your install data located
filename "pxeboot"
-Restart dhcpd. Then copy the contents of your FreeBSD 5.2.1 ISO or CD-Rom to /usr/local/export/freebsd.
+Restart dhcpd. Then copy the contents of your [
FreeBSD]
5.2.1 ISO or CD-Rom to /usr/local/export/freebsd.
Add to your /etc/exports file (man exports)
/usr -alldirs -maproot=root -ro
-And make sure your NFS server is functioning correctly, you might need to add:
+And make sure your [
NFS]
server is functioning correctly, you might need to add:
nfs_server_enable="YES"
nfs_client_enable="YES"
rpcbind_enable="YES"
mountd_enable="YES"
-To your /etc/rc.conf and run /etc/rc.d/nfs_server
start or similar. To check that it's working properly you can use
+To your /etc/rc.conf and run /etc/rc.d/nfsd
start or similar. To check that it's working properly you can use
showmount -e
-To list your available NFS exports and don't forget to check /var/log/messages.
+To list your available [
NFS]
exports and don't forget to check /var/log/messages.
-Now you need to setup a TFTP server. First enable it in inetd by uncommenting
+Now you need to setup a [
TFTP]
server. First enable it in inetd by uncommenting
tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -l -s /tftpboot
In /etc/inetd.conf and then (re)start inetd. Make the directory /tftpboot and copy /usr/local/export/freebsd/boot/pxeboot into that directory.
-Now all you need to do is turn on the target machine, watch the PXE Bios acquire an IP 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:
+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:
10.x.y.z:/usr/local/export/freebsd
Happy installing.
+
+----
+
+[PCMCIA] cards not being recognised when plugged in ?
+
+Try putting this into /boot/loader.conf:
+
+ hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range=1
+
+- DrewBroadley
+
+----
+
+[Gnome] not showing up your battery status properly and/or giving you an 'APM not loaded error' when ACPI is enabled?
+
+Adding to /etc/rc.conf the following:
+
+ apmd_enable="yes"
+
+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.
+
+- DrewBroadley
