Re: rpi4 network boot

Torfinn Ingolfsen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.arm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 7 Feb 2021 08:33:15 -0600
Matthew Grooms <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2/6/2021 11:01 PM, Klaus Küchemann wrote:
> >> Am 07.02.2021 um 05:00 schrieb Matthew Grooms <[email protected]>:
> >>
> >>> Am 05.01.2021 um 01:18 schrieb Matthew Grooms <[email protected]>:
> >>> What?s  your output of :
> >>>
> >>> root@matthew:~# sockstat -l4
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>> root@matthew:~#  cat /etc/fstab
> >> I don't follow. For the boot server or the RPI4 host? I don't see how the fstab of the boot server could be relevant. The RPI4 host doesn't have a local filesystem. It's trying to boot from the nfs export ?
> >>
> > yes, for the boot server,
> > ?.look the link you?ve posted above :
> >
> >   https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/#network-diskless
> >
> > please read point/ 10. / Under  "32.8.1. Setting Up the PXE Environment?.  !!!
> >
> > that?s why I asked for ?sockstat -l4` ( or `-l6` if you use  ipv6)
> >
> > there?s also a note in the link that `-ro` is only an option to save machines from humans, if you trust yourself, you can remove the `-ro` ;-)
> >
> As I mentioned before, I don't see why the contents of the fstab of the 
> boot server is relevant.

I believe he is asking you to verify that the fstab file for the _client_ (aka the diskless machine your'e trying to boot) is correct. That file exists as
${NFSROOTDIR}/etc/fstab  on the boot server.

HTH
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Torfinn Ingolfsen <[email protected]>
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