I have not seen any posts where a dream cast flat out has not been=20
able to boot.  I personally can get it to load the Kernel off of a=20
prefab cd image, and DHCP seems to be working except for the fact=20
it takes a nose dive(reboots) while trying to mount an NFS file system.

This might be because I am using an older kernel image.

The best method(s) for booting a DC to my knowlege are:
o One of the Pre-fab CD's which various entitys have kindly
  placed on the web to download.
o BBA, via Pushing a kernel up to the DC.=20
o Using a Kernel CD in conjunction with DHCP and a NFS root.

As far as I know it cannot be boot via the modem alone. =20


-=3D- Joel Kershner -=3D-


David@ixibbs.iximd.com wrote:


>I'm sitting here for an hour doing nothing so I decided to take a wack
>at it.
>
>First, everyone else, correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>(There are previous posts that point out this information.=A0=A0Try lookin=
g
>thru the archives)
>
>OK , first I haven't did it yet but if I'm reading the posts right you
>can run it with just the modem (it would take a little time to load but
>till you spend the money on the BBA try it with the modem to MAKE SURE
>it will run on your unit).
>
>The reason I say to do this is because only a few number of dreamcasts
>out there (acording to posts) are capable of booting off CDRs.
>
>This is just a few things you would actually need:
>
>Keyboard (if you plan on using the OS)
>BBA (for faster download of boot code)
>CDR - with the booter (find this in earlier posts)
>Kernel - you might have to build this your self but I think that there
>are a few bins out there (check earlier posts)
>
>I tried my best.
>
>David