> Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 20:59:48 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Mike Dugas <mad@Poseidon.Token.Net>
> 
> Ok-
> 
> 	I gave up on the tape boot, now I'm trying a network boot.  It all
> works, it FTPs netboot from the tftp server, then it tries to boot:
> 
> >> NetBSD netboot [$Revision: 1.2 $]
> 
> Then, I get this, for a reason which is beyond me:
> 
> Requesting Internet address for 8:0:20:0:xx:xx (it's ethernet address)
> 
> I'm running all the proper daemons, and, I found out by accident that the
> system boots if I copy netbsd-rd to vmunix and boot with a SunOS kernel :)
> Any suggestions?
> 
> /mad

Well, if you can boot the ramdisk kernel from any media, then you
should be able to proceed from there as described in INSTALL.txt
(i.e. load the miniroot from segment 3 of your boot tape).

Gordon