How to boot FreeBSD from DOS through a 3c905c ?

[David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>]

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Szelepcsenyi <robert@ifi.savba.sk> writes:

Robert> I need setup several diskless clients - X terminals running
Robert> under FreeBSD. I am looking for a DOS utility that could do
Robert> boot FreeBSD through a 3c905c network card. However, I keep
Robert> running into various problems I have not been able to solve:
Robert> Etherboot does not seem to support 3c905c. I even came across
Robert> some message explicitly stating this. Due to my poor
Robert> connection to the Internet I have not been able to download
Robert> the source to verify this. Moreover I have a feeling that
Robert> etherboot can't be compiled into a DOS utility, only a ROM
Robert> image.
 
I suppose I should say a little more about that.  You do need the
kernel compiled with the NFS_ROOT option and one or more of the BOOTP
kernel options.  The kernel will load from the DOS drive, then it will 
boot and use bootp to find a server.  Any network card supported by
FreeBSD can be compiled into the kernel and no special boot roms are
required.

(You still need to have bootp setup right to specify the nfs root and
nfs swap mount points, etc.)

Dave.

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