From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 24 21:42:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA24371 for stable-outgoing; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:42:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from destiny.erols.com (root@destiny.erols.com [207.96.73.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA24342; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from destiny.erols.com (someone@destiny.erols.com [207.96.73.65]) by destiny.erols.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id AAA27317; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:42:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 00:42:03 -0400 (EDT) From: John Dowdal To: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" cc: Murray Stokely , Luigi Rizzo , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Diskless Workstation -- Problems needing to be addressed In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote: > > > Are these known to boot freebsd using bootp and tftp (i.e. have you tried > it yourself or a close friend). I ask because most cards can do this just > not with freebsd off the shelf. I'm currently doing this with a disposable NE2000 clone and the nb8390.com which is in /usr/mdec. There is also the .bin file which I haven't ever tried to burn into a rom; I'm netbooting this machine, because it has a 500MB hard drive which is dedicated to windoze. If you have specific quesitons I'll answer them. --------------------- John Dowdal jdowdal@destiny.erols.com I Want My/I Want My NetTV