Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 15:03:13 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel bootp and netboot code available Message-ID: <199705101303.PAA19686@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <19970510012727.15710@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from "John-Mark Gurney" at May 10, 97 01:27:08 am
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> Jordan K. Hubbard scribbled this message on May 9: > > Erm, and to also explain why I haven't commited this stuff on direct > > request from Luigi yet (sorry, Luigi!) - I can't test it. :( ... > well... I plan on testing it in the VERY near future... just need to get > a block of time to do it... I already have three machines that netboot > so it's just a matter of setting apart a night like tonight (but when > I'm more awake) to take a look at this... > > personally I would like to see a software eprom burner... (i.e. no > hardware required) but I don't think I'll ever see this... :) well new machines have FLASH memories holding the bios, there is certainly room there for the netboot code, the problem is, its' a bit risky... Anywass, YOU DON'T NEED AN EPROM BURNER TO TEST NETBOOT, just a machine with a "ed"-supported ethernet board and a bootp/NFS server with about 15MB to hold a copy of the root partition. You can put the netboot code on a bootable MSDOS floppy and run it from autoexec.bat (and I have some code which was sent to me that makes it possible to 'dd' the netboot code to a floppy and run it. I just did not have time to test it yet :( ). Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________
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