Re: netbooting a dual-G4 powermac ?

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Jun 20, 2008, at 13:06, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> Hi,
> I've a dual-CPU G4 powermac (openfirmware 3) that I'm trying to boot.
> I couldn't get it to netboot; it will eventually load ofwboot.xcf  
> from the
> tftp server if I specify its name on the OFW boot line, but it'll  
> never get
> the kernel from the NFS server (which is the same as the tftp server).
> tcpdump shows that dhcp is never sending the NFS root path to the  
> client.
> I have:
> group {
>         filename "ofwboot.xcf";
>         option root-path "/home/NetBSD/macppc";
>         host taz.soc {
>                 fixed-address 132.227.103.18;
>                 option host-name "taz";
>                 hardware ethernet 00:03:93:95:07:06;
>         }
> }
>
> Has anybody been able to netboot a G4 macppc from a NetBSD 3.x host ?

Yes.
I remember having to use the next-server option in dhcpd.conf, point  
it at your nfs server. Not sure if that's a bug in Apple's OF or our  
dhcpd.

have fun
Michael
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