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From: tgs@cats.ucsc.edu (Thomas Gunnar Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with NetBSD and SS1
Date: 30 Apr 1997 07:14:49 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
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: I have BOOTP and TFTP servers in my linux box and SS1 boot great from
: it with linux/sparc, but when it load netbsd.GENERIC (or netbsd) image
: (1.2) it read it and then say only:
: 
: >b le()netbsd
: Booting from: le(0,0,0)
: 149c00 The file just loaded is intented for different CPU type.
: >

sounds like you need the bootstrap file :)
put the file in your tftp directory, then make a symlink to the IP 
address in hex (not dotted quad) and it should boot your kernel after that..

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