Problems running kernel

["Mark Broadbent" <COA97MGB@sheffield.ac.uk>]

Hi,

I am having a a problem with remote booting a computer over a LAN 
using the netboot package.  I am not sure whether the problem is 
with me, the network or something else but I hope that you could 
help me.

I have v0.8.1 of net boot installed on my master linux machine which 
runs bootpd and tftpd (latest versions), the kernel I have tried is 
v2.2.5 and v2.2.12 which has been made netbootable using the 
mknbi-linux utility.
When I try to remote boot my slave computer from a floppy created 
using 'make bootrom', the bootp request is serviced sucessfully and 
the net bootable kernel downloaded using tftp.  When the attempt to 
start the kernel is made it either reboots the machine, shows an 
error about premature end of file or another errors such as 'bad 
gzip magic number'.  Generally it's not consistent.

If anyone has had this or a similar problem, I would be most grateful 
if you could help me solve it.

Thanks
Mark Broadbent


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