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From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc: ticso@cicely.de
Subject: Re: How to netboot an Alpha?
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In article <20020721172936.GF83916@cicely5.cicely.de>,
Bernd Walter  <ticso@cicely.de> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 09:47:06AM -0700, John Polstra wrote:
> > Could somebody point me to some instructions on how to netboot an
> > Alpha?  I don't need much detail, just a quick jumpstart.  I already
> > know how to netboot an i386 machine using pxeldr.  My machine has a
> > DE500-BA network interface (dc driver).
> 
> That's what I used with isc-dhcpd some time ago:
[...]
> netboot is serviced via tftp.
> 
> I'm not shure if it still works as there were several rumours
> about problems with netboot.

Thanks -- that's helpful.  But what do I do on the Alpha itself to
tell it I want to boot from the network?

John
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  John Polstra
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