From owner-freebsd-config Fri Sep 3 10:12:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73776152DD; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA69034; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:11:22 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:11:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon To: Mike Smith Cc: Warner Losh , config@FreeBSD.ORG, small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Odd idea In-Reply-To: <199909030641.XAA00492@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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