On 27 Mar 2001 David@ixibbs.iximd.com wrote:

<snip>
> The point I was tring to make, (Yets try again), is that boot with a
> CDR (FULL Kernel OR JUST the UPLOADER) and get the REST of the Kernel
> (IF USING UPLOADER) thru the (HERE IS WHERE I WENT WRONG, SORRY) The
> ".... SERIAL PORT ...." then if it turns out that you can boot AT LEAST
> this far it means you can boot a CDR so go invest on the BBA. (Please
> read the rest of my other message to understand why).  I was just tring
> to help the guy save some money IF he ONLY wanted the BBA for NetBSD
> and NOT other uses too and if, by some weird chance, his DC isn't CDR
> bootable.
</snip>

if all you're worried about is whether his machine will boot CDR's, you
need not go to the effort of actually getting the NFS kernel to the
IPslave.
Though you've almost certainly got a CDRbootable machine, here are some
ways to verify:

1. Dreamsnes.  Make a cd, try it out... don't worry about having roms...
if it boots, it boots, and that's all that matters.  (if you want roms,
either take them from snes games that you own, or scour the web for a few
minutes).
2. IPslave. Make a cd, try it out.  Though you *could* hand it a kernel
and boot it ... if it boots to the orange screen, that's a successful
test.  (and my first success.  what a feeling!)
3. BBA-webbrowser beta. Don't know where to get it anymore, but, Make a
cd, try it out.

Any success with any of the above means you're bootable.  :)

n8