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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sunic!ericom!erinews.ericsson.se!hal14!etxsral From: etxsral@hal.ericsson.se (Lars Nilsson) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: SUMMARY: Re: How to use netboot.com?? Date: 2 Jun 1994 19:10:29 GMT Organization: Ericsson Lines: 20 Message-ID: <2slar5$par@erinews.ericsson.se> References: <2scsai$pvh@erinews.ericsson.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: hal14.ericsson.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lars Nilsson (etxsral@hal.ericsson.se) wrote: : I'm trying to set up diskless boot with Freebsd 1.1 and : compiled the netboot.com program and tried to run it from : DOS but nothing happens and the pc locks up. : How should I use netboot.com ? I got a mail from the designer of netboot ( Martin Renters ) where he explained that a loaded emm386 ( Or similar ) made it impossible for the code to enter protected mode. After I fixed that everything works nice, I have also made bootproms which works fine on a wd8013 card. -- Lars Nilsson Senior Specialist - Data Communication Ericsson Telecom AB , Stockholm - Sweden Phone: +46 8 719 7308 , Fax: +46 8 719 1255