Re: getting the kernel from tftp?

[matthew sporleder <msporleder%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Zoltan Arnold NAGY
<zoltan.arnold.nagy%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to do the $subject, but I keep getting errors. In the
> bootloader, I select 5,
> I get the prompt, then I issue "boot tftp:xxx".
>
> I get:
> booting tftp0a:xxx
> open tftp:xxx: Device not configured
> boot: tftp0a:xxx: Device not configured
>
> So here's the questions:
> - can anyone point me to a relevant doc about how to do this?
> - why is it "tftp0a"?
>

I wrote this a little while ago:
http://mspo.com/2009/05/netbooting-netbsd-flexibility-options.html
and of course:
http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?pxeboot++NetBSD-current