Here's an explanation for this problem: http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n18731
Adam On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:05:05PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello. > > I am trying to get my PowerMac 5500/225 to netboot using BootP, > > TFTP, and a kernel image, but I do not know how. Any help would be > > appreciated. I am also trying to get my Beige G3 300 to netboot, and it > > fails after loading the kernel image. > > Thank you. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Last I checked, the OF MAC address for the Ethernet was different at > boot time from when an OS is loaded like Linux or MacOS. This can be > seen with sufficient debug in bootpd and looking at /var/log/syslog > or /var/log/daemon.log on another debian ( i386 or equiv ). The prob > then is that the RARP for bootp has to be dropped for the TFTP to the > new MAC address once the kernel has loaded..... kinda difficult to > rarp -d in the middle..... > > MacOS / Linux MAC address > apple 10.1.1.4) at 00:05:02:22:A7:53 [ether] on eth0 > > BootP/ OF address > rarp -s apple 00:A0:40:44:E5:CA > > At least for my 7300..... I ended up putting the boot images etc > onto a Zip and running a small system off that until dpkg-http was > installed. Actually I have even run debian on 62M for i386 and 85M > disk for PPC. > > Stuart > -- > Stuart Andrews Unix Administrator > Level 2-4, 810 Elizabeth Street, Waterloo NSW 2017 > Ph: +612 8396 3723 > Fx: +612 9690 1845 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
