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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 02:48:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Yura Sardyha <ys@gi.lviv.ua>
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Subject: Re: May I boot win95 on my diskless PC from FreeBSD?
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On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Yura Sardyha wrote:

>  Is there any way to boot my diskless PC with Win95/98 OS from FreeBSD 2.2.6
> via network? (I have all needed hardware)

The Boot ROMs too?

In 99% of installations you need to set up bootpd and tftpd to tell the
diskless client how to boot itself.  Fortunately FreeBSD comes with both;
reference the appropriate manpage for details.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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