Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.5 i386, can't build netboot / netboot doesn't work
To: cpctc <cpctc@vt.edu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/23/2001 21:52:54
On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 09:49:32AM -0400, cpctc wrote:
> ...I assume that source tree came with the kernel sources, which in my case are the standard 1.5 kernel sources.
> 
> When I tried to make as described above, I got an error about not being able to find main.o.
> 
> If I instead do "make clean; make cleandir; make netboot.rom; make netboot.com", the "make netboot.rom" complains about the rom
> being more than 32K, but the make netboot.com succeeds.
> 
> Is there a known problem with the Makefile for this netboot, or is the document wrong, or am I wrong?
> 
> Part 2:
> 
> The netboot.com that is generated does not detect any of my network cards; two different WD8013/WD8213C (SMC) variants aren't
> detected, as well as a PCI ne2000 clone.  Both say "EtherInit failed".

Did you edit Makefile to add the drivers appropriate for your adapters ?
At last I don't see any driver for a PCI ne2000 clone.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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