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Re: Etherboot/Netboot introductory info




>Etherboot requires a driver - when you have the Etherboot
>driver for your card, just 'cd src' and use 'make' to make
>the bootrom images (will be in src/bin*/ subdirectories);
>otherwise you need write or get suitable driver:

All the known drivers are in the distribution. If a new one is needed, some
volunteer would have to write it.

>- written in C, to be compiled on Linux

Can also be compiled on FreeBSD.

>2. Making boot images.
>
>I believe both share the same boot image format - is it true?

Yes the tagged image format is common. In addition Etherboot can load FreeBSD
images in a.out or ELF format if this option is compiled in.
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