Subject: Re: netbooting problems
To: Chris Tribo <t1345@hopi.dtcc.edu>
From: Ji Bae <jhb8@cornell.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 04/20/2000 01:18:33
Chris wrote:

>	I have this exact same machine and have netbooted the
>nfsnetbsd.ecoff install kernel. I agree, usually it's your bootp
>setup. IMHO you are better off not specifying a boot path in bootptab and
>instead boot 6/tftp/nfsnetbsd.ecoff on your client. Running bootp in debug
>mode should find your troubles if there aren't any errors posted in your
>system log.

    What difference does it make whether I specify a boot path in bootptab
versus in the environment variables?


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