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.
 
Well... if you're actually in a booted DOS machine... then use the
fbsdboot.exe program.  What you need to do is copy your kernel over to 
your DOS hard drive (or floppy) and the have your user type (or put in 
a bat file) fbsdboot kernel.

Dave.

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