Subject: Re: netboot on floppy
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From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/05/2003 19:41:02
> I have got a question: how to install netboot on the floppy?
I don't think you do, I don't think it is that beast...
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 32768 Dec 26 07:23 netboot_ne2000_isa.rom
I THINK you need to write this file to a (E)PROM and plug it into
the socket on the ethernet card.
Clearly something on a floppy to do a diskless boot could be handy...
boot net:netbsd ???
You need a 'normal' boot program with rarp and tftp and the ethernet
driver in it... Just a trivial matter of finding all the right
bits of code and squeezing them into the available space (64k code
+ data).
David
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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk