Subject: Re: Netbooting a Risc PC?
To: Kjetil B. Thomassen <kjetil@thomassen.priv.no>
From: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.ORG>
List: port-arm32
Date: 02/07/2001 09:43:04
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Kjetil B. Thomassen wrote:

> So, anyone out there who are willing to make me a kernel?
> You see, I don't have a NetBSD/arm32 system up and running at present
> due to the problems with the Power-tec and the fact that I don't have
> any ADFS drives.
>
> I'm not sure I will be able to test anything like this before the end of
> February, so there is no rush, but it would still be interesting to get
> this ball rolling.
>
> If I can get root mounted from my ss2 I would be able to participate in
> the arm32 development alongside the arm26 one.

	If you can boot a GENERIC kernel with '-a' it should ask for the
	root device after autoconfiguration, which would allow you to
	enter your ethernet device, boot nfs root and away you go :)

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