Subject: Re: etherboot rom-o-matic
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel Cox <dc@microbits.com.au>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/29/2005 10:13:41
grub (on floppy) with network support can load a netbsd image by tftp

pxegrub works for diskless boot

etherboot can load nbgrub if necessary

>>> Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netmeister.org> 01/29/05 09:29 AM >>>
Hi,

I'm trying to create a pxe netboot floppy.  It seems that the
rom-o-matic 5.3.7 image appears to almost work -- it gets a dhcp address
and fetches the pxe image from the server, which appears to start to
load the kernel, but then it stops.

I assume that this is due to the fact that rom-o-matic.net offers the
configuration option to boot FreeBSD, but not NetBSD.

Has anybody looked at getting etherboot to support NetBSD?

Or, what are the alternatives?  Surely there's a way to boot a floppy to
pxe boot a NetBSD system!

Thanks in advance for all help,
-Jan

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