From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Jul 21 18:49:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A4237B400 for ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:49:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta04.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.84]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41DBB43E5E for ; Sun, 21 Jul 2002 18:49:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20020722014919.DREQ28896.mta04.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:49:19 +1000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020722114759.01cdd880@pop.ozemail.com.au> X-Sender: rbyrnes@pop.ozemail.com.au X-Mailer: I wish it was Linux Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:49:18 +1000 To: John Polstra From: Rob B Subject: Re: How to netboot an Alpha? Cc: alpha@freebsd.org, ticso@cicely.de In-Reply-To: <200207212220.g6LMKLYd027379@vashon.polstra.com> References: <20020721172936.GF83916@cicely5.cicely.de> <20020721172936.GF83916@cicely5.cicely.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:20 22/07/2002, John Polstra sent this up the stick: >In article <20020721172936.GF83916@cicely5.cicely.de>, >Bernd Walter 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