Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

> > they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78 > PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume > this is better) I have many intel MBs with built-in fxp nics that have 0.78 that work with 4.2's pxeboot just fine - I'm not trying to boot kern

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

For more docs, check out http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml . It clarifies a great deal. - dan feldman student, garfield high school, seattle On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Paul Saab wrote: > Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > > > One way to boot the kerne

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Paul Saab wrote: > > Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78 > > PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume > > this is better) > > No.. 0.99 is the orginal PXE v1. PXE v2 (build 78) is

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78 > PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume > this is better) No.. 0.99 is the orginal PXE v1. PXE v2 (build 78) is what you have and is highly bugg

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Paul Saab wrote: > > Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Paul Saab wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > My problem is that the NIC I'm trying to boot from is an on-board fxp on > > a Motorola p-III M/B (I assume there is no specific "PXE rom", as PXE > > may be included in the BIOS) > > >

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Paul Saab wrote: > > > > Hi, > > My problem is that the NIC I'm trying to boot from is an on-board fxp on > a Motorola p-III M/B (I assume there is no specific "PXE rom", as PXE > may be included in the BIOS) > > will your "intel board" upgrade .ex

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Paul Saab wrote: > Hi, My problem is that the NIC I'm trying to boot from is an on-board fxp on a Motorola p-III M/B (I assume there is no specific "PXE rom", as PXE may be included in the BIOS) will your "intel board" upgrade .exe work in this setup ? TfH > Upgrade the PXE rom > htt

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Thierry Herbelot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > > One way to boot the kernel over the network is to use PXE (if your > machine is recent enough to support it *well* : that is with a recent > version of the PXE firmware) > > there is no real document on PXE booting > you can read a note by Al

Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Hi, One way to boot the kernel over the network is to use PXE (if your machine is recent enough to support it *well* : that is with a recent version of the PXE firmware) there is no real document on PXE booting you can read a note by Alfred Perlstein on

Remote boot, but not diskless operation

Hello, I am running FreeBSD 4.1 on an Intel-III box. It is not a diskless machine, so root fs is still local, but I need to boot kernel over ethernet. Reason for such a requirement: I am doing some kernel debugging and it is relatively quicker (after a panic) to recompile kernel on a server and