Quoting James Robinson <jmrobinson3@verizon.net>:

> Update,
> I was able to get my IP20 (R4400) to netboot the aoutboot from my tftpd
> server. The problem I am having is that after the aoutboot starts, I
> keep getting an error when it then tries to find the netbsd files. does
> aoutboot tftp the netbsd file, or is it tring to use NFS?
> Any Ideas?

You need to netboot the kernel, not the bootloader. The bootloader  
will only boot the kernel from a local partition, which I imagine is  
what it's trying to do. Try netbooting the GENERIC32_IP2x kernel and  
see what happens. If you have a local disk and don't care about  
overwriting it, I think that you should be able to netboot an install  
kernel and get a system installed over the network.

Steve

> James
>
> On Oct 26, 2006, at 8:32 PM, James Robinson wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I just got my hands on 6 IRIS Indigo's and and Octane, The Indigo's  
>>  are 2 R3000, 3 R4000 and one R4400.
>> What  can I do with NetBSD on these boxes?
>> Does NetBSD support clustering?
>> I have an IBM NetVista running Fedora R5 to boot off of, but don't   
>> have a clue on how to get the boxes to boot let alone mount a NFS   
>> file systems.
>> I have seen from the archive that I have to play with the OSLoader   
>> and other var's, but there doesn't seem to be a good uHowTo on   
>> putting it all to in one spot.
>> Thanks,
>> James Robinson
>>