Re: Beige G3 webserver

[KlinT <klint%klintcentral.net@localhost>]

Hi,

If I can remember, you need OpenFirmware 3.0 To be able to netboot  
your G3.
Check your G3 B&W Firmware release and compare it to your Beige one.
Sure your G3 B&W is in 3.0 :D

Regards,

KlinT.


Le 30 avr. 08 à 22:12, Al - image hosting services a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I am considering using a Beige G3 as a webserver. I have sucessfully
> netbooted my G3 B&W, but I can't make the Beige G3 netboot. It is a
> Revision 1, Open Firmware 2.0f1, and I did find it in model specific  
> page
> that it is hard to boot. But even after using setenv to set boot- 
> device to
> enet:,ofwboot.xcf and boot-file netbsd it still will not netboot (it  
> makes
> every light on the switch flash and even the wireless card on my  
> laptop
> flashes, yet the dhcp server never seems to get a request from it) I  
> am
> going to use my G3 to install on an ide drive to see if that makes any
> difference. The other thing that I am wondering is if I will need a  
> faster
> scsi controller. Also, could someone recommend a 4 port network  
> card? If I
> was going to try SATA drives, what controller would be the most  
> likely to
> work?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Al