Re: netboot preview release

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de>]

Gero Kuhlmann wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.de> wrote:
> > Also, if i use the packet driver with 0.9a, it doesn't work either.
> > Is says:
> >       Found packed driver at int 60, free mem 001E
> >       BOOTP: Sending boot request .ok
> >       BOOTP: Loading extension.bootp.
> >
> >       ARP Timeout
> 
> Argh, I haven't been able to fully test the ARP code yet. As I wrote,
> 0.9.0a is just a preview which hasn't been fully tested yet. This will
> obviously need some further work. Thanks for pointing it out.
> 
> > The reason i wanted to try a new version is that with 0.8.1 i cannot
> > local boot WIN95 when bootrom is installed, it hangs.
> 
> I haven't heard of such problems yet. When you boot an operating system
> from a local hard disk, netboot should not interact in any way. It not
> even redirects any interrupts or such. Or do you use MGL to boot Win95?

No, i did not use mgl. I am using the normal boot menue though. If i
interrupt the netboot process with ESC or choose local boot from the
boot menue (:T205=" Local Boot:::") and select win95 in the NT
bootmanager, then win95 hangs while booting. NT and DOS boot ok.

Heinrich Rebehn

University of Bremen
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