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From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Booting across the network
Date: 11 Mar 1997 01:07:01 GMT
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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Jim Hart (jhart@litenet.net) wrote:
: I did manage to figure that part out. but now when it try to boot I get a
: message saying RPC timeout for server SERVER-ADDRESS in hex. This message
: comes up right after the boot process says root on HOSTNAME:SUBDIR. It
: sounds like a nfs problem but nfs seem to be working. Is there something I
: may be missing like another RPC call that happens at this time? I'm usinga
: Linux box as the server, if knowing that helps.
I think there is a FAQ on how to bootinstall from linux on ftp.NetBSD.ORG.
Maybe in the archives of the mailing lists.
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Rick Kelly rmk@seahag.rmkhome.com rmk@rmkhome.com
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