>can't boot with my boot-disk created like in the manual (I have no eprom >burner): > >cat -A floppyload.bin eepro100.rom > /dev/fd0 > >There is nothing special happening. I recieve no message on the client when >trying to boot with that disk. In the manual it is recommended to use a 'raw' >floppy disk. 'Raw' means fdformat /dev/fdH01440 for ex.?? Yes, it should be a good floppy, and formatted. >After that i've also tried with 'make eepro100.fd0' but in vain...make goes o >n >and on and copies the files on disk but after that... > >note : at this time i just want to try getting a message from the boot-disk, >nothing else. Server configuration is yet incomplete...(but perhaps I don't >understand and there's really no message on the boot-disk ????) Silly question, but is your BIOS config set up to boot from floppy? =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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