1IMPORTANT NOTE:
2
3As of Feb. 11, 2002 (and indeed, for quite some time before that),
4the /etc/rc.diskless{1,2} scripts support a slightly different
5diskless boot process than the one documented in the rest of
6this file (which is 3 years old).
7
8I am not deleting the information below because it contains some
9useful background information on diskless operation, but for the
10actual details you should look at /etc/rc.diskless1, /etc/rc.diskless2,
11and the /usr/share/examples/diskless/clone_root script which can
12be useful to set up clients and server for diskless boot.
13
| 1IMPORTANT NOTE:
2
3As of Feb. 11, 2002 (and indeed, for quite some time before that),
4the /etc/rc.diskless{1,2} scripts support a slightly different
5diskless boot process than the one documented in the rest of
6this file (which is 3 years old).
7
8I am not deleting the information below because it contains some
9useful background information on diskless operation, but for the
10actual details you should look at /etc/rc.diskless1, /etc/rc.diskless2,
11and the /usr/share/examples/diskless/clone_root script which can
12be useful to set up clients and server for diskless boot.
13
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14--- $FreeBSD: head/share/examples/diskless/README.BOOTP 92302 2002-03-15 06:47:38Z luigi $ ---
| 14--- $FreeBSD: head/share/examples/diskless/README.BOOTP 130786 2004-06-20 13:17:37Z mpp $ ---
|
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16
17 BOOTP configuration mechanism
18
19 Matthew Dillon
20 dillon@backplane.com
21
22 BOOTP kernels automatically configure the machine's IP address, netmask,
23 optional NFS based swap, and NFS based root mount. The NFS server will
24 typically export a shared read-only /, /usr, and /var to any number of
25 workstations. The shared read-only root is typically either the server's
| 15------------------------------------------------------------------------
16
17 BOOTP configuration mechanism
18
19 Matthew Dillon
20 dillon@backplane.com
21
22 BOOTP kernels automatically configure the machine's IP address, netmask,
23 optional NFS based swap, and NFS based root mount. The NFS server will
24 typically export a shared read-only /, /usr, and /var to any number of
25 workstations. The shared read-only root is typically either the server's
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26 own root or, if you are more security concious, a contrived root.
| 26 own root or, if you are more security conscious, a contrived root.
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27
28 The key issue with starting up a BOOTP kernel is that you typically want
29 to export read-only NFS partitions from the server, yet still be able to
30 customize each workstation ( or not ).
31
32 /etc/rc.diskless1 is responsible for doing core mounts and for retargeting
33 /conf/ME ( part of the read-only root NFS mount ) to /conf/$IP_OF_CLIENT.
34 /etc/rc.conf.local and /etc/rc.local, along with other machine-specific
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28 The key issue with starting up a BOOTP kernel is that you typically want
29 to export read-only NFS partitions from the server, yet still be able to
30 customize each workstation ( or not ).
31
32 /etc/rc.diskless1 is responsible for doing core mounts and for retargeting
33 /conf/ME ( part of the read-only root NFS mount ) to /conf/$IP_OF_CLIENT.
34 /etc/rc.conf.local and /etc/rc.local, along with other machine-specific
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