On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Simon Burge wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 17:55:33 -0500 (EST)  Greg wrote:
> 
> > Howdy,
> > 	Just acquired a Decstation 5000/240 for development purposes and
> > found out that it has KNO3-AA V5.1b boot PROMS that appear to have
> > problems with TFTP booting.
> > 
> > 	What are my options for netbooting this machine? I've got a Linux
> > server setup as a Bootp/TFTP server for other purposes, and hoped to use
> > it to boot the NetBSD decstation, but that doesn't seem to be working
> > quite the way I had planned.
> 
> Try booting the "nfsnetbsd.ecoff" kernel and see if that works.  It's a
> stripped down kernel that may work on some machines because it comes in
> under 1MB.  If it does, please let me know.

Could you point me to a URL or site? I'm a Linux user and not familiar
with the NetBSD sites/layout.
 
> Another option is to try an even smaller kernel compiled for only the
> 5000/200 with minimal support for anything else.  I can do this for you
> in the next 24 hours, or after New Year's.

Very cool.. I'll give that a whirl if you can give me a kernel! ;)

> > 	The netbooting faq for the Pmon is sort of incomplete (says so
> > right on it).
> 
> Guilty :(  I'll see what I can do after Xmas...
> 
> Simon.
>