[parisc-linux] booting from lan error...

Philipp Rumpf prumpf@puffin.external.hp.com
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:35:17 -0600


On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 03:11:27AM -0400, Mike Brancato wrote:
> bootp won't work with our 735/125.  Search/Autoselect doesn't see
> lan.x.x.x as a bootable device.

are you sure that machine is using bootp rather than rbootd ?

> transciever on the back.  Even if the cables were bad, wouldn't the
> firmware see the lan.x.x.x as a bootable path?

715/old firmware at least doesn't show lan as bootable path unless it
detects an rbootd server.

	Philipp Rumpf