Subject: TFTP booting Beige G3 (was Re: Performa 5400)
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
From: Chris Tribo <t1345@hopi.dtcc.edu>
List: port-macppc
Date: 08/30/2000 09:00:55
> 1) I see those tftp timeouts too. They come from the firmware not
> supporting arp! What I have to do is "arp -s tanis 00:11:22:33:44:55" on
> my tftp/dhcp server. Well, that's not the real MAC address. Also, since I
> usually forget this when I reboot that box, I have to arp -d tanis; arp -s
> tanis ...

	I saw that too, it seemed like it would initially make an arp
inquiry right as you did boot enet:... but the host machine never resolved
the HW address all the time like you said.
 
> 2) I ran into problems with ofwboot.xcf at its normal load address of
> 6d0000. So I compiled one which loaded at 600000, and it's fine.

	Hmm, any chance you can send this to me or put it up for FTP
somewhere? 

> 3) I ran into the kernel-too-big problem. So I made an ultra-stripped
> kernel. Adjusting the load location sounds better. :-)

	I remeber reading about that recently so I have that info :) Out
of curiousity, what platform and version is your host machine?


	Chris