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--- blog:netboot_netbsd [2018/11/08 20:50] – john
+++ blog:netboot_netbsd [2018/11/08 21:03] (current) – [Motorola MVME 68k] john
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 ===== Netbooting NetBSD =====
-=== Intel Architectures (i386/AMD64) ===
+{{:blog:netbsd2.png?nolink&200 |}}
+==== 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 ==
+==== NetBSD 8.0 on AMD64 ====
 To successfully netboot, you need two files:
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 And then this entry:
-<code>dhcp-boot=net:netbsd_amd64,tftp:netbsd/amd64/8.0.0/netbsd.gz</code>
+<code>dhcp-boot=net:netbsd_amd64,tftp:netbsd/amd64/8.0.0/netbsd-INSTALL.gz</code>
 ... will redirect the boot file request to another location, in this case, the real location of the NetBSD 8.0.0 kernel image.
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 Once all that is in place, it will boot and start the normal NetBSD installer - use HTTP/FTP or NFS as the source for installation media. I haven't yet found a preseed/automated installer harness for NetBSD.
-=== Motorola MVME 68k ===
+----
+==== NetBSD 8.0 on i386 ====
+Network booting NetBSD 8.0 on i386 is fairly simple, here's the syslinux menu entry I'm using:
+<code>
+LABEL BSD - NetBSD 8.0.0 i386
+KERNEL syslinux/mboot.c32
+APPEND netbsd/i386/8.0.0/netbsd-INSTALL.gz
+TEXT HELP
+Start the 32bit NetBSD 8.0.0 netboot installer.
+ENDTEXT
+</code>
+Only one file is needed: **netbsd-INSTALL.gz** - which is sourced from: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/i386/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz
+The **kernel** listed for the syslinux entry is just a standard binary found in most syslinux/pxelinux distributions; it is **not** specific to NetBSD.
+Once loaded, the NetBSD installer will run. NFS/HTTP/FTP will have to be chosen as the installation medium.
+----
+===== Motorola MVME 68k =====
+Surprisingly, the 147/167/177bug firmware built in to the Motorola MVME single board computers supports network booting, not via anything as sophisticated as PXE, but by traditional BOOTP methods, and fortunately we can support that in any modern Linux system.
+==== NetBSD 8.0 on MVME 68k ====
+TBD
+==== NetBSD 7 on MVME 68k ====
+TBD