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Date:      Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:45:56 +0100
From:      Falco Krepel <krepel@fokus.gmd.de>
To:        Alexander <amour@bugs.elitsat.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: net boot question ?
Message-ID:  <3ABB6FB4.9AC0072D@fokus.gmd.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103231728560.2648-100000@bugs.elitsat.net>

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Alexander wrote:
> 
> What are the requirements to do a netboot ?
> I prepared the server configuration and run dhcpd
> but when I gave to the client machine
> 1ST Boot Device: Network
> Nothing happened and no request was sent to the dhcpd server.
> My lan card is Accorp (pci).
> Any help will be good.
> thanks
> 
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I assume that your server configuration is correct.

The client must be able to boot from net. So it must have a boot ROM
having netboot capabilities. I use a 3COM 905C-M which have a PXE boot
ROM. I configure that card to boot from net by default and the BIOS has
as 1st boot device INT18 (network). This configuration is working.

With an onboard network interface the BIOS must support this feature.

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