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blog:netboot_netbsd [2018/11/08 20:58] – [NetBSD 8.0 on i386] johnblog:netboot_netbsd [2018/11/08 21:03] (current) – [Motorola MVME 68k] john
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 Only one file is needed: **netbsd-INSTALL.gz** - which is sourced from: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/i386/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz Only one file is needed: **netbsd-INSTALL.gz** - which is sourced from: /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/i386/binary/kernel/netbsd-INSTALL.gz
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 +The **kernel** listed for the syslinux entry is just a standard binary found in most syslinux/pxelinux distributions; it is **not** specific to NetBSD.
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 +Once loaded, the NetBSD installer will run. NFS/HTTP/FTP will have to be chosen as the installation medium.
  
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 ===== Motorola MVME 68k ===== ===== Motorola MVME 68k =====
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 +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.
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 +==== NetBSD 8.0 on MVME 68k ====
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 +TBD
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 +==== NetBSD 7 on MVME 68k ====
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 +TBD
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