booting from network (novice) (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 03:22:23 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Heiko Schlittermann shaped the electrons to say...
>test and play, I tried to load the new (3.7) version of ComOS from
>network. It happens that the portmaster is constantly looping (rarp ->
>tftpget -> reboot -> rarp ...).

Make sure dip switch 2 is NOT raised, or it will keep doing this.

>The same happens if I use the ``tftp put''-saved ComOS. These two
>files appear as similar to uuencoded ... is it ok so?

Yes, they are, in fact, uuencoded. ComOS has been that way for a number
of releases. No corruption worries.

-MZ

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