> > thank you very much. it's fairly important as booting netbsd through
> > netboot EPROM is impossible now (tried to make bootable dosfloppy image -
> > system reboots when started dosboot.com - probably overwrites floppy image
> > in memory)
>
> Well, I can't provide you with that information off hand, just
> point to GRUB again :) Maybe somebody else could give you more details
> on this.

hmm.. i will look at normal disk netbsd bootloader.

> I had really astonishing success using EtherBoot/GRUB combination
> to netboot NetBSD. I've used EtherBoot rtk8139 EPROM image to
> program the NIC EPROM, configured dhcpd and setup appropriate GRUB
> config file and it worked :) [*]

it's too complicated..

> The NetBSD diskless boot page will be updated to contain
> necessary configuration information.
>
> That said, it would be really nice if netboot[**]/EtherBoot could
> load NetBSD kernel directly and the GRUB step could be avoided.

yes.

> However, I think the GRUB solution is very good as intermediate step
> to get things working fast. You don't need to go all the way down

i don't need to have it working fast.

> of writing support code for Netboot if the GRUB solution would
> suit your needs.
>
> Jaromir
>
>  [*] It would not be too hard to add support for RealTek 8139 to i386
>      stand/netboot/, too.

this netboot generates 64kB eprom images. too big.

>  [**] I mean the project Netboot (that using DOS packet drivers for
>       netbooting), not the NetBSD/i386 netboot stuff.
> --
> Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>      http://www.ics.muni.cz/~dolecek/
> NetBSD - just plain best OS! -=*=- Got spare MCA cards or docs? Hand me them!
>