Jumpstart Guide / PXE network installation

[John Housden]

Hi everyone!

I have followed the 'FreeBSD Jumpstart Guide' to build a system for
 installing FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE via PXE. I can now perform PXE client
 installs, but have so far been unable to resolve the following
 problems:
 
 1. I have compiled and installed a custom kernel on my PXE server
  Â Â which works fine. I have placed my new kernel in /usr/tftpboot and
  Â Â in the NFS root. The PXE client loads the correct kernel to start the
  Â Â install, but after rebooting the client boots the GENERIC
  Â Â kernel. Where is sysinstall getting this kernel from?
 
 2. I have a 'shutdown' command at the end of my install.cfg script,
  Â Â but on both a Dell Precision 610 and an IBM PC330, this does not
  Â Â work: instead the system reboots and restarts the installation
  Â Â unless I intercept the reboot! What am I missing?
 
 3. I get a prompt 'loading module ida.ko failed'. This is for Compaq
  Â Â Smart RAID, but I did not configure this option in my custom
  Â Â kernel. Presumably, I have not configured the list of kernel
  Â Â modules correctly?
 
 Any pointers gratefully received - this has been driving me nuts for too
 long now!

 This is my first post to the list.
 
 TIA,
 
 John