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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: Clarence.Chu@f132.n700.z6.ftn.air.org (Clarence Chu) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Boot Server using FreeBSD Date: 30 Apr 1994 08:30:08 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 30 Sender: daemon@cs.utexas.edu Message-ID: <767712402.AA03480@f74.n700.z6.ftn.air.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu hi there, i've been working in making FreeBSD-1.1-GAMMA a boot server for freebsd. Netboot code is available at /usr/src/sys/i386/netboot, which call for a SMC/WD 80x3 for the client. i have a COMPEX network adaptor which emulate 80x3 well and had set 0x280, 0xd000, irq 5. i had tried configuring tftpd by removing the comment in /etc/services for tftp and add /tftpboot to the end of the line, adding "bootps" into /etc/services, copied cfg.???.???.???.??? to /tftpboot, and had made /tftpboot/386bsd. but when netboot.com was run on the PC with COMPEX adaptor, there seems no sign of booting. tftpd was not called. boot server was not called upon. the PC with COMPEX adaptor work fine with unix running tftp, files may be gotten from the FreeBSD tftp server. in case you had tried making FreeBSD as Boot Server, would you please drop me a line to pointers on configurations? i would appreciate any help in the subject. thanks, clarence chu ... * Origin: BiG (since 87) - a BBS for programmers (6:700/132)