Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:28:07 -0700 (MST) From: Fred Clift <fclift@verio.net> To: Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com> Cc: Paul Saab <ps@mu.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103220926030.36573-100000@vespa.dmz.orem.verio.net> In-Reply-To: <3AB31FB7.FF6AD0F7@herbelot.com>
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> > they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78 > PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume > this is better) I have many intel MBs with built-in fxp nics that have 0.78 that work with 4.2's pxeboot just fine - I'm not trying to boot kernel remotely for local filesystesm, but I can't see why it wouldn't work. Off hand I'd guess that you have to put the right options in your dhcp server to tell it to find a 'local' root disk. Good luck. Fred -- Fred Clift - fclift@verio.net -- Remember: If brute force doesn't work, you're just not using enough. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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