Subject: Re: HP 320 with rev. A ROM netboot
To: None <alex@chaotic.mit.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/26/1996 21:35:14
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996 18:57:25 -0400 (EDT) 
 alex@chaotic.mit.edu wrote:

 > Does anyone know for sure whether it's possible to netboot a
 > HP 9000/320 with revision A ROMs using NetBSD 1.1?  If so,
 > does it require using rbootd, or can I use rpc.bootparamd like
 > I do with Xkernel on my Sun 3?

Well:

	a) I don't think you can netboot with a ROM that old, but
	   you could always try...

	b) All hp300s require an rbootd server.  That's how the
	   ROM loads the boot program.  Then, the boot program
	   uses rarp, bootparams, and NFS, like a Sun.

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