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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!news2.digex.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com!news From: <jkota@in.oracle.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Netboot with Intel 486 clients Date: 2 Aug 1996 07:00:15 GMT Organization: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4ts91v$nqg@inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: insun189.in.oracle.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 5.4 sun4m) X-URL: news:comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Has anyone attempted net booting with intel 486 clients ? We are able to download the kernel across using bootp but transfer of control to the downloaded kernel results in a hang/reboot. We are attempting this net boot with a diskless kernel. Also tried to boot the box with boot.bin burnt into an EEPROM.