Subject: Re: floppy/NFS boot (without mac os)
To: Louis Guillaume <lguillaume@berklee.edu>
From: Bruce ONeel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/18/2003 17:35:09
Hi,

I missed this the firrst time (probably since I didn't
have a se/30 then).  How does one write the boot 
floppy?

Thanks!

cheers

bruce

"Louis  Guillaume" <lguillaume@berklee.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It's amazing to see that we can boot an SE/30 without the Mac OS! The 
> floppy image posted by Nyef works well, booting the installer kernel.
> 
> How would I go about creating a boot floppy image that loads a kernel 
> which looks for root on nfs?
> 
> I've got the kernel, it's just a matter of getting it into a reasonable 
> floppy image.
> 
> Another issue is - this is an experimental machine: our network admins 
> won't edit the dhcp server to point netboot requests at the appropriate 
> machine. How can I either prompt for the NFS server containing the root 
> filesystem, or hard code it? This of course after we've received a valid 
> address from dchp.
> 
> This would be very useful since we can't yet boot directly from the hard 
> drive.
> 
> Any help would be fantastic,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Louis