I netboot my sharks all the time (no local disk)...  use tftpboot and 
dhcpd...  they are both easy to configure...  does the cats have
openfirmware?  on the shark I just say "boot net"...  it sends a bootp
request out and dhcpd responds...  Bootp is a subset of dhcp which is not
dynamic...  You have to add a static host entry...  like...


OTHER STANDARD DHCP PARAMETERS

  host sharky {  
   server-name "par.home.null";  -- server to look for kernel
    hardware ethernet 08:00:2b:81:66:fd; -- address of machine
    fixed-address sharky.home.null; -- (note:address MUST resolve to
					numbers)
    next-server par.home.null;	-- server to look for kernel
    filename "netbsd_netboot-SHARK.gz";  -- file to load via tftp
    option root-path "/mnt/storage/arm32_filesystem"; -- where to find its
								nfs root
  } 


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Keith Baker			kbaker3@ic3.ithaca.edu
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On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Cameron wrote:

> Has anyone ever successfully boot a strongARM (the cats specifically) over
> a network? I've been fiddling with bootparamd (linux) all day trying to
> get it to work in hopes of booting this CATS with net bsd.
> I really can't find any good docs for any platform thus far for setting up
> /etc/bootparams.
> 
> -Cameron
> 
> 
>