Subject: Re: problem netbooting iBook
To: Michael Wolfson <michael@nosflow.com>
From: Ronald van der Pol <Ronald.vanderPol@rvdp.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/16/2003 10:18:07
On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:38:25 -0700, Michael Wolfson wrote:

> OK, so just to be clear, you're saying the only way to netboot your iBook
> is the following sequence of commands:
> 
> 0 > reset-all
> 0 > dev enet:0
> 0 > boot enet:0,ofwboot.xcf enet:/netbsd
> 
> Is that right?

(sorry for the late reply)

I do not do the reset-all. And I don't use enet:0 anywhere. I do:
0 > boot enet:,ofwboot.xcf enet:/netbsd
This always seems to work (when I first do the 'dev enet:0').

> And you're saying the following (as recommended in the INSTALL notes) does not:
> 0 > boot enet:0,ofwboot.xcf enet:0,/netbsd

No, this does not work. I only see bootp inform messages from the iBook.
My DHCP server replies. But nothing else happens.

> Which model iBook?  See
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88039 for help figuring out
> what model you've got.

I just bought it after the recent processor speed upgrades. So it's the
"iBook (early 2003)".

	rvdp