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43 lines
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Configuring FreeBSD to run diskless Oct 15/1994
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1) Find a machine that will be your server. This machine will require
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enough disk space to hold the FreeBSD 2.0 binaries and have bootp and
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tftp services available.
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2) Create a bootptab entry for the diskless FreeBSD machine.
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sample entry:
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diskless:\
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:ht=ether:\
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:ha=0000c01f848a:\
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:sm=255.255.255.0:\
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:hn:\
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:ds=192.1.2.3:\
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:ip=192.1.2.4:\
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:vm=rfc1048:
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3) Create a cfg.x.x.x.x file for your diskless machine. This is now an
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ASCII file with netboot commands in it.
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sample cfg.x.x.x.x:
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hostname diskless.freebsd.com
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rootfs server.freebsd.com:/var/rootfs/diskless
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swapfs server.freebsd.com:/var/swap/diskless
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4) On the server, export the root and swap filesystems to the client. This
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usually involves putting them in the /etc/exports file and one some
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machines running /usr/etc/exportfs -av
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5) Make a BOOTROM by copying netboot.rom to an EPROM, or copy netboot.com to
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a DOS diskette.
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6) Boot the diskless machine and run netboot.com if you're using DOS.
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Martin Renters martin@innovus.com
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