Hi,

isboot is a iSCSI boot driver written by Daisuke Aoyama that allows you to boot your root partition using iSCSI.

Installation is extremely simple:

1. extract the archive:
    # tar zxvf isboot-x.x.x.tar.gz

2. compile the module:
    # cd isboot-x.x.x/src
    # make

3. install the compiled module to the kernel directory:
    # make install

4. edit /boot/loader.conf, and add the following line:
    isboot_load="YES"


This was first announced way back in June, 2010:

https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2010-June/004425.html


I've tested the current version (v0.2.10) and it works with FreeBSD 10.2 booting a ZFS on root installation:

http://www.peach.ne.jp/archives/isboot/isboot-0.2.10.tar.gz


I've used iSCSI boot with Ubuntu Server for a while and it's been very useful. I'm looking forward to FreeBSD having the same capability built-in.

Cheers,
Yonas
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