Subject: Re: ARCS netboot probs on Indigo
To: Gerald Heinig <Gerald.Heinig@post.rwth-aachen.de>
From: Soren S. Jorvang <soren@wheel.dk>
List: port-sgimips
Date: 01/05/2001 00:25:06
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 12:19:28AM +0100, Gerald Heinig wrote:
> Before you complain about "wrong list, we're not Linux":
> I'm aware of that. I couldn't find a NetBSD ecoff kernel

There is elf2ecoff(1)..

> SystemPartition=network(0)tftp()herbie:

Where did you see this syntax used? I don't know if it works
on your version of Indigo ARCS, but try this.

boot -f bootp():/vmlinux

> OSLoader=/vmlinux

> For some reason, the filename is requesting is "", and I can't
> seem to change that.

$SystemPartition and $OSLoader are catenated in surprising ways
depending on whether you use bootp(), bootp():, bootp():/ or
whatever in SystemPartition.


-- 
Soren