Subject: Re: network booting
To: Urban Boquist <urban@boquist.net>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/11/2001 12:26:30
>>>>> "Urban" == Urban Boquist <urban@boquist.net> writes:
    Michael> First, however, I guess I need to get a network card that can
    Michael> network boot with appropriate images to tftp.

    Urban> If you have a floppy drive in this machine an alternative route
    Urban> may be to boot from a floppy instead. Look at
    Urban> sys/arch/i386/stand/netboot/Makefile, and make sure that the boot
    Urban> method you want and your network card is enabled. Then build
    Urban> netboot.com and put that on a DOS floppy (start it from
    Urban> "autoexec.bat").

  Yes, I was going to do exactly this until I got the right card.
  I'd rather remove the floppy drive eventually as well.

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