Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 10:43:02 +0500 (GMT+0500) From: "Serge A. Babkin" <babkin@hq.icb.chel.su> To: lyndon@orthanc.com (Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3C5XX diskless boot w/BOOTWARE ROMs? Message-ID: <199602160543.KAA25834@hq.icb.chel.su> In-Reply-To: <199602152249.OAA27116@multivac.orthanc.com> from "Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP" at Feb 15, 96 02:49:18 pm
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> > Has anyone managed to get a diskless boot happening with Bootware's > boot ROMs? They load the boot image at a different address, and I've > made what I think are the appropriate changes in the kernel image, etc., > but I'm ending up with a wedged machine. Anyone out there have some > prior art they're willing to share before I dig into this further? As far as I know the Bootware boot ROM was designed primarily for DOS booting. Did you tried the existing network boot support in /sys/i386/boot/netboot ? There exists support for 3c509 (and possibly 3c579 but I did not tested it). Adding changes for other members of Etherlink III family must be easy. -SB
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