Subject: Re: netbooting 3000/400
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofy.goof.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/18/1999 01:48:07
On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 01:32:14AM -0700, I wrote:

> Is tftp broken on v7.0?  I guess I could try MOP -- My vaxen need it,
> and so I know my configuration there works...

MOP works, (the file is downloaded,) but the netboot file isn't in MOP
format, so it bombs out.  Is there a MOP format netboot file for
alpha?  (assuming tftp is hopeless?)

Grr...  initial bootstrapping on an unfamiliar hardware family is always
the biggest pain in the butt.

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  Aaron J. Grier  | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofy.goof.com
        I do not support US and NATO "police actions" in Yugoslavia.