Subject: Re: ofwboot and booting over the net
To: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@turbolinux.com>
From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.co.za>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/09/2000 17:41:10
> 
> > Should the ofwboot in arch/sparc64/other on ftp.netbsd.org date July 5
> > be able to do a net boot on a Ultra 5?
> 
> I wouldn't expect it to.  In fact I wouldn't expect it to netboot
> anything.
> 

Ok, so I got a little carried away when I saw Paul Kranenburg's
commit message to ofwboot/net.c r 1.4:

Try both the BOOTPARAM and DHCP protocol (in that order as is the custom
with Sun machines).

:-)

One can hope. :-)

John
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