Most people I know of that netboot boxes on Intel platforms now use PXE. With PXE config, the pxe loader has full access to the NFS-mounted /boot directory, so there's no reason to compile in the hints.
Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Glenn Gombert wrote: > etherboot runs fine on Current, all that is required if to have the > 'device.hints' statically compiled into the kernel you are trying to boot: > > #To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints > hints "NETBOOT.hints" #Default places to look for devices. > > > bit strange that the 'regulars' on the list didn't seem to know about this > ... > Glenn Gombert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
