Re: tftpboot

[Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au>]

>Instead of using floppy which command is: cat eepro100.lzrom > /dev/fd0, 
>I used DiskOnCHip and execute: cat eepro100.lzrom > /dev/fla1

You mean cat floppyload.bin eepro100.lzrom > /dev/fd0

>I have tried this for experimenting booting with DOC, but my client keep
>booting up. It cannot find the image.But it works when I used the floppy. 
>
>I thought it would work. What make it failed to work?Hope not a stupid
>question.

floppyload.bin is 512 bytes and expects to be loaded at 0x7c00 and will
copy the next 32kB to 0x10000, where the boot code will execute and then
install itself to 0x98000.

If DOC doesn't behave like a floppy executing the first 512 bytes at
0x7c00, then you will have to devise another way to get the Etherboot code
into memory and jumping to it. More likely DOC behaves like a hard disk.
So maybe you need to find/create a hdload.bin.
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