At 11:04 PM +0200 7/17/00, Martin Husemann wrote:
>Thanks for your hints, I'll have to dig through the OF docs at apple and
>see if I can make any sense of this filename syntax game...
>
> > Well, you'll need bootp before dhcp will do much good. Probably tftp
> > would be good too. Check the diskless HOW-TO
> > (http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/), though I'm
> > not sure how up to date it is. (The basic mechanics should be there,
> > at least.)
>
>Well, I'm netbooting other machines, so I think I'll manage that part. But
>the FAQ is not quite clear: on one place it says "all machines support
>netbooting", in some other place it says "Older machines don't".
>Maybe it's just refering to the "N" key and I misunderstood it. I didn't
>see anything looking like an ethernet card in dev / ls, but it worked from
>MacOS (so I know it's there).

I think that may be the case.  Even OF 1.0.5 macs have an enet 
devalias and will try to do something when you type 'boot enet:'. 
Now is your ethernet on the motherboard?  If not it needs to be a 
card with OF support in its prom or you're out of luck for booting.


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