Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:49:18 +1000 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: alpha@freebsd.org, ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: How to netboot an Alpha? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020722114759.01cdd880@pop.ozemail.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200207212220.g6LMKLYd027379@vashon.polstra.com> References: <20020721172936.GF83916@cicely5.cicely.de> <XFMail.20020721094706.jdp@polstra.com> <20020721172936.GF83916@cicely5.cicely.de>
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At 08:20 22/07/2002, John Polstra sent this up the stick: >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? If you have the DHCP server and kernel name saved in the corresponding srm variables, you can do: >>> boot ewa0 Cheers, Rob -- When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 1187 of a collection of 1254 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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