Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:11:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, config@FreeBSD.ORG, small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd idea Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909031204140.68410-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <199909030641.XAA00492@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Has anybody put together a tftp boot floopy? I was thinking that if I > > had a supported ethernet card, then I could boot the install ramdisk > > kernel off a server at ethernet speeds rather than floppy speeds. > > I'm working on fixing the network stack in the loader at the moment. > Once that's done, you should be able to do just that (or use NFS, for > that matter). There's some glue missing (drivers for PC network > cards), but that'll be relatively easy by comparison. Will/could that support configuration via DHCP? -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). ( http://www.freebsd.org ) "One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of courage to trust Windows with your data." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-config" in the body of the message
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