[XCSSA] Netvista booting

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Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:44:18 -0500


It doesn't have a traditional BIOS; as far as I can tell it will only boot 
from what its firmware permits, which means bootp (or from dhcp), nfs, or 
/kernel.2x00 on the flash card.  That's it.

Nick

xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> Honestly, I haven't had time to play much with mine.  But someone mentioned 
> that USB storage also works with this system.  Has anyone tested its ability 
> to boot from USB devices?  If that DID work.. that could be an easy way 
> around your firmware issues (using an MBR on zip disk or thumb drive to hand 
> off whatever customer boot parameters you want).
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Tweeks
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