> > I think most if not all the ethernet cards I or my customers
> > have bought over the last year have sported mighty fine netboot
> > capabilities.
>
> FWIW, few of the cards I've bought over the years sport netboot. And,
> netboot is an impossibility in 'embedded' systems that use things like
> PCMCIA/CARDBUS, which are becoming common-place for embedded routers and
> such.
Argh! More FUD! Network booting is not an impossibility in an
embedded product using PCCARD or CARDBUS.
> Netboot (IMO) is an unacceptable solution to many folks. It seems that
> 'progress' in this case means removing alot of existing functionality
> that is used by a number of folks.
>
> (CDROM root, BOOTP, etc...)
More FUD! CDROM root devices still work fine. The automated search
stuff was broken, and it's gone because it was in the way. There will
be a new automated search process that will work properly. BOOTP in
the kernel will go _when_there_is_an_acceptable_alternative_.
Yes, progress means losing the crap. How much more like a shark would
you look like if you didn't lose your baby teeth?
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