Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 11:04:04 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: SimsS@IBM.Net Cc: Hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ed0 boot [p]roms Message-ID: <199701070034.LAA06069@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701061943.TAA84776@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> from Steve Sims at "Jan 6, 97 02:40:42 pm"
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Steve Sims stands accused of saying: > > I haven't done diskless in years, since we ran a secure net off of a Novell > server. That was painless, but the cards (with ROMs) ran about $300 back > then. > > I figure that with all these el-cheapo NE-2000 clones floating around, > somebody ought to have an idea on how to burn or where to buy an appropriate > bootp/tftp-able ROM for 'em. Buy your el-cheapo NE2000-with-bootrom-socket, go to /sys/i386/boot/netboot, edit the Makefile to suit and build yourself an image. Then get someone to make as many copies of the bootrom as you need. > ...sjs.. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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