*BSD News Article 31379


Return to BSD News archive

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