Subject: Re: How to boot RISC PC without harddisc?
To: None <bjh21@netbsd.org, port-arm32@netbsd.org>
From: Leo Smiers <l.smiers@chello.nl>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/06/2001 20:28:01
In message <Pine.SOL.4.33.0107061741370.28972-100000@draco.cus.cam.ac.uk> you wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Leo Smiers wrote:
>
> > Yes you are right. Using the old loader does start the kernel. Now comes the
> > next problem. The standard kernels (including generic) don't allow you to
> > boot over NFS. Who is willing to build me a RISCPC kernel with the option
> >
> > options NFS_BOOT_DHCP # use NetBSD standard DHCP/NFS boot code
> >
> > added. I hope that this allows me to do a net mount of the root filing
> > systems, etc. This option is the same as for the Shark kernel.
>
> If -current is OK, I can do it trivially.
Please, would you be so kind.
>
> > Should the option NFS_BOOT_DHCP be added to the Generic kernel?
>
> If it works, it should be in there.
>
I will report here if it works.
Leo
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