According to Rainer Kopietz:
> Hello,	
>  I hope this is the right place to ask following questions. I tried to post 
> them to comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc but our Provider isn't able to deliver 
> usenet news in the moment :(
> 
>  I tried to install NetBSD on a hp-Apollo 425e via network using the FreeBSD's 
> rbootd. The hp told me that it has the BOOTROM REV. 3.0. I am very confused 
> about this because I read in the installation manual that a network install 
> requires bootrom rev. C or later. Now I'm wondering if my revision is an older 
> or a newer one. Do you know how the revisons are counted?


My *guess* is that a 425e should net boot regardless of bootrom revision.
Those boxes came quite a while after HPUX diskless was introduced, which
is roughly when net booting was introduced in the bootroms (for the
obvious reasons).

A net-boot attempt is really obvious if you can run tcpdump on the net.
(Like maybe on your intended net-boot server).

> 
> Jason R. Thorpe wrote in comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc on the subject 'rbootd':
> > What version of FreeBSD are you using?  FreeBSD used to have a bug
> > in its BPF that caused rbootd to not function properly.
> 
> Do you know which FreeBSD version has this bug in its BPF? I am using
> the 2.1 Release. If I start the rbootd in its debug-mode I get the
> bootrequests and the answers printed out but I don't get a menu of the
> possible boot devices.
> 
> I would be very happy if anybody can help me.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Rainer Kopietz
> 


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