On Sat, 16 Dec 95 19:26:59 0500 
 vev@conch.aa.msen.com wrote:

 > Ok, after looking at the installation docs (been too busy to even look at
 > it, now I have a little time), I see it calling for rboot to net-boot.  I
 > have a  OS/2 port of BSD's bootpd.  Can bootp do it or am I back to the
 > drawing board  again?

rbootd is a daemon that listens for HP Remote Maintainance Protocol boot 
requests.  It's low-layer.  Short answer: you can't boot an HP without 
it.  Once the BOOTROM has loaded the bootblock (SYS_NBOOT) with rboot, 
then it uses rarp and bootparam to find it's IP address, root, and loads 
the kernel via NFS.

 > I'm trying to avoid a couple of things.  I'd rather not tear the SCSI tape
 > drive out of my pc to drag to work to dd SYS_INST onto a tape or boot via a
 > 14.4 modem (which I'm still not even sure is possible!).

Umm .. booting via a modem isn't going to happen :-)

 > I have a 360 with a rev C1 ROM.  Oh, and since it's been MANY years since
 > I've played with net booting one of these things, if the boot server is
 > available via the network, will the 360 automatically find it or do I have
 > to do something to tell the 360 to look on the network?

It will find the rboot server.  However, so it doesn't happen too fast, 
hit the spacebar a few times ... then it will give you a menu and wait 
until you enter a boot selection.

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