Subject: Re: How to boot RISC PC without harddisc?
To: Leo Smiers <l.smiers@chello.nl>
From: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/06/2001 17:48:09
On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Leo Smiers wrote:

> Yes you are right. Using the old loader does start the kernel. Now comes the
> next problem. The standard kernels (including generic) don't allow you to
> boot over NFS. Who is willing to build me a RISCPC kernel with the option
>
> options 	NFS_BOOT_DHCP	# use NetBSD standard DHCP/NFS boot code
>
> added. I hope that this allows me to do a net mount of the root filing
> systems, etc. This option is the same as for the Shark kernel.

If -current is OK, I can do it trivially.

> Should the option NFS_BOOT_DHCP be added to the Generic kernel?

If it works, it should be in there.

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Ben Harris                                                   <bjh21@netbsd.org>
Portmaster, NetBSD/arm26               <URL:http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/arm26/>