Re: G4 eMac won't netboot

[Michael <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Andy Ruhl wrote:

> I've been trying various things in my dhcpd.conf to boot my G4 eMac,
> including an identical setup that works for a B&W G3, and it still
> doesn't work.

What exactly does it (not) do?
Since you let OF load the kernel directly there is probably a size  
limit somewhere, which may well be specific to the OF version. My G4  
for example won't netboot anything bigger than ~4MB - it will load the  
file and then get stuck. If that's what's happening to you I'd try a  
bare bones, as small as possible kernel next. Don't even think about  
booting GENERIC or INSTALL that way.

have fun
Michael

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