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Netbooting NetBSD
Intel Architectures (i386/AMD64)
There are some differences in how 32bit and 64bit bootloaders work to PXE boot NetBSD on Intel systems.
NetBSD 8.0 on AMD64
To successfully netboot, you need two files:
* netBSD-INSTALL.gz - Kernel and miniroot sourced from: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/i386/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz * pxeboot_ia32.bin - Netboot loader sourced from: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/i386/installation/misc/pxeboot_ia32.bin
An example working syslinux menu entry is shown below:
LABEL BSD - NetBSD 8.0.0 amd64 KERNEL netbsd/amd64/8.0.0/pxeboot_ia32.bin APPEND boot netbsd/amd64/8.0.0/netbsd-INSTALL.gz TEXT HELP Start the 64bit NetBSD 8.0.0 netboot installer. ENDTEXT
For amd64