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On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 12:24:00 -0800 (PST)
Andy R <quadreverb@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to boot via SLIP on any port? It's a
> cheap way to do it, if not a fast one... I haven't
> heard of booting via SLIP, but it doesn't mean it
> isn't possible...
> 
I don't know if it's possible, I don't know yet how to establish a SLIP connection. So, if there's some method like broadcasting packets over SLIP it may be possible. Anyway, I could create a normal kernel and boot over a 'in cdrom' filesystem that has some init scripts to establish a SLIP connection and after that mount a root filesystem over NFS. It's not a beautiful way for a system to work, but i guess it's the cheapest one because Broadband adapters are rare and expensive. 

-- Rui

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