Here's what it looks like so far:
<sect id="boot-tftp">Booting from TFTP
<p>
Booting from the network requires that you have a network connection
supported by the boot floppies, including either a static network
address or a DHCP server, a <![ %supports-rarp [ RARP or a ]]>
BOOTP server, and a TFTP server.
<![ %powerpc [ Currently, PReP and New World PowerMac systems support
netbooting. ]]>
<![ %hppa [ Older systems such as the 715 might require the use of
an RBOOT server instead of a BOOTP server. ]]>
The installation method to support TFTP booting is described in <ref
id="install-tftp">.
<![ %arm [
RARP / BOOTP servers are not needed for NetWinder machines.
<p>
On NetWinder machines, the 10Mbps NE2000-compatible card is interface
eth0 and the 100Mbps Tulip card is interface eth1. NOTE: You need
NeTTrom 2.2.1 or later to boot the installation system. NeTTrom 2.3.3 is
recommended: get these files from
<url id="ftp://ftp.netwinder.org/pub/netwinder/firmware/";>:
<list> <item><file/nettrom-2.3-3.armv4l.rpm/
<item><file/nettrom-2.3.3.bin/
<item><file/nettrom-2.3.3.bin.md5sum/
</list>
<p>
After rebooting and interrupting the boot process during the countdown, you
must first configure the network either with a static address:
<example>
NeTTrom command-> setenv eth0_ip 192.168.0.10/24
</example>
where 24 is the number of set bits in the netmask, or a dynamic address:
<example>
NeTTrom command-> (I don't know how to do this)
</example>
<p>
You may also need to configure the <tt>route1</tt> settings if the TFTP
server is not on the local subnet. The rest of the config is pretty
standard (the save-all step is optional):
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<example>
NeTTrom command-> setenv kernconfig tftp
NeTTrom command-> setenv rootdev /dev/ram0
NeTTrom command-> boot
</example>
-->
<example>
NeTTrom command-> setenv kerntftpserver 192.168.0.1
NeTTrom command-> setenv kerntftpfile tftpboot.img
NeTTrom command-> save-all
NeTTrom command-> setenv netconfig_eth0 flash
NeTTrom command-> setenv kernconfig tftp
</example>
<p>
Only the last of these interferes with normal disk booting, so it is
safe to save-all right before it, which will store the network settings
in case you need to boot from the network again. Use the "printenv"
command to review your environment settings. Finally, if your
"cmdappend" NeTTrom variable has the "noinitrd" option (which is
necessary to boot 2.4 kernels), you must remove it so the downloaded
kernel can boot with its attached ramdisk.
<p>
On CATS machines, use <tt>boot de0:</tt> or similar at the Cyclone prompt.
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