Okay.  I wired my Mac up to my PC running Linux and am trying to netboot
from it.  I have bootp installed with the following bootptab:

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# /etc/net/bootptab: database for bootp server (/usr/net/in.bootpd)
# Last update Mon 11/7/88 18:03
# Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
#
# Be careful about including backslashes where they're needed.  Weird (bad)
# things can happen when a backslash is omitted where one is intended.

# First, define a global entry which specifies the stuff every host uses.
.allhost:\
	:dn=foo.org:\
	:ds=205.200.16.65 205.200.16.69:\
	:gw=192.168.0.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.254.1:\
	:lg=192.168.0.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.254.1:\
	:lp=192.168.0.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.254.1:\
	:ts=192.168.0.1 192.168.1.1 192.168.254.1:\
	:sm=255.255.255.0:\
	:to=auto:\
	:vm=auto:

# Define all individual entries.
bar:\
	:tc=.allhost:\
	:ht=ether:\
	:ha=00401009F491:\
	:hn:\
	:ip=192.168.0.10:\
	:rp=/export/diskless/bar/:\
	:bf=netbsd.ofwboot:

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Is there anything wrong with this bootptab?  I know bootpd is running in
/etc/inetd.conf.  I have tftpd running as well (with the directory
/tftpboot/) and netbsd.ofwboot is in there.  I am not getting _anything_
whatsoever in /var/adm/messages or /var/adm/syslog.

I have tried "boot enet" and "boot enet:0", but all that happens is that
my Mac reboots into MacOS.  I have even tried to do a
boot /bandit@F2000000/pci1011,14@11
which is apparently my ethernet card.

Before I go and bring another Mac home from work so I can use OF through a
serial line, is there anything I'm missing here?

The ethernet card has many registers in .properties and such, but no
words.

Do you need a special kind of ethernet card to netboot?

TIA,

--fission