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Initial prep work to merge Diskless Booting and PXE chapters as

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much of their content overlaps.
The next few commits will merge the content into a readable flow.

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</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How to set up network booting on a diskless
machine.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>How to set up network <acronym>PXE</acronym> booting
with an
<acronym>NFS</acronym> root file system.</para>
<para>How to set up network <acronym>PXE</acronym> booting.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@ -3833,7 +3826,7 @@ ifconfig_<literal>lagg0</literal>="laggproto failover laggport <replaceable>bge0
<sect1 xml:id="network-diskless">
<info>
<title>Diskless Operation</title>
<title>Diskless Operation with <acronym>PXE</acronym></title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
@ -4005,9 +3998,6 @@ ifconfig_<literal>lagg0</literal>="laggproto failover laggport <replaceable>bge0
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Setup Instructions</title>
<sect3>
<title>Configuration Using <application>ISC
DHCP</application></title>
@ -4101,10 +4091,11 @@ subnet 192.168.4.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
same as the <acronym>TFTP</acronym> one.</para>
</callout>
</calloutlist>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect3>
<title>Booting with <acronym>PXE</acronym></title>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring the <acronym>TFTP</acronym> and
<acronym>NFS</acronym> Servers</title>
<para>By default, &man.pxeboot.8; loads the kernel via
<acronym>NFS</acronym>. It can be compiled to use
@ -4124,11 +4115,6 @@ subnet 192.168.4.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
select the <literal>Boot from network</literal> option in
the <acronym>BIOS</acronym> setup or type a function key
during system initialization.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Configuring the <acronym>TFTP</acronym> and
<acronym>NFS</acronym> Servers</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>TFTP</primary>
@ -4213,10 +4199,10 @@ subnet 192.168.4.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>service mountd restart</userinput></screen>
</step>
</procedure>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect3>
<title>Building a Diskless Kernel</title>
<sect2>
<title>Preparing the Root File System</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>diskless operation</primary>
@ -4252,10 +4238,6 @@ options BOOTP_NFSROOT # NFS mount root file system using BOOTP info</progra
<xref linkend="kernelconfig"/>, and copy it to the place
specified in
<filename>/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf</filename>.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
<title>Preparing the Root File System</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>root file system</primary>
@ -4267,11 +4249,8 @@ options BOOTP_NFSROOT # NFS mount root file system using BOOTP info</progra
<literal>root-path</literal> in
<filename>/usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf</filename>.</para>
<sect4>
<title>Using <command>make world</command> to Populate
Root</title>
<para>This method is quick and will install a complete
<para>Using <command>make world</command> to populate
root is quick and will install a complete
virgin system, not just the root file system, into
<envar>DESTDIR</envar>. Execute the following
script:</para>
@ -4288,18 +4267,14 @@ cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution</programlisting>
<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> placed into
<envar>DESTDIR</envar> according to the system's
requirements.</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect3>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring Swap</title>
<para>If needed, a swap file located on the server can be
accessed via <acronym>NFS</acronym>.</para>
<sect4>
<title><acronym>NFS</acronym> Swap</title>
<para>The kernel does not support enabling
<acronym>NFS</acronym> swap at boot time. Swap must be
enabled by the startup scripts, by mounting a writable
@ -4312,30 +4287,21 @@ cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution</programlisting>
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>swapfile=<replaceable>/path/to/swapfile</replaceable></programlisting>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect3>
<sect2>
<title>Miscellaneous Issues</title>
<sect4>
<title>Running with a Read-only
<filename>/usr</filename></title>
<indexterm>
<primary>diskless operation</primary>
<secondary>/usr read-only</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>If the diskless workstation is configured to run
<application>&xorg;</application>, adjust the
<application>&xorg;</application> and is running with a read-only <filename>/usr</filename>, adjust the
<application>XDM</application> configuration file as it
puts the error log on <filename>/usr</filename> by
default.</para>
</sect4>
<sect4>
<title>Using a Non-&os; Server</title>
<para>When the server for the root file system is not
running &os;, create the root file system on a &os;
@ -4349,12 +4315,9 @@ cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution</programlisting>
mount this directory onto a &os; machine, and use
&man.devfs.5; to allocate device nodes transparently for
the user.</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="network-pxe-nfs">
<sect2 xml:id="network-pxe-nfs">
<info>
<title>PXE Booting with an <acronym>NFS</acronym> Root File
System</title>
@ -4398,6 +4361,7 @@ cd /usr/src/etc; make distribution</programlisting>
loaded and the rest of the &os; bootup sequence proceeds.
Refer to <xref linkend="boot"/> for more information about the
&os; booting process.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Setting Up the &man.chroot.8; Environment for the