[K12OSN] Re: How to make a Mac default to network boot

[cliebow at downeast.net]

no the change actually happens in openfirmware.actuallly at boot you can
type cmd-option-ohhell another senior moment...hold the option key down at
startup..chuck

> Since I have to return this Mac at the end of the summer :-( what is the
Open Firmware 
> command to set it back to booting from its local hard drive?  Also,
trying Frank's idea, 
> setting the net boot in OS X, sounds interesting, but won't that take
longer to boot, 
> since the system has to load at least a portion of OS X to figure out it
should load a 
> different OS from the netowrk?
> 
> Petre
> 
> Frank Lee wrote:
> > On 6/23/05 10:32 AM, "Jimmy Schwankl" <schwankl at chatham.k12.nc.us> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Petre wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>How do I make a Mac default to network boot, so I don't have to
> >>>hold down the N key during boot?
> >>
> >>Petre,
> >>
> >>Check out this site.  Scroll down to the bit on Open Firmware Commands.
> >>
> >>http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/netboot/intro.macppc.html
> >>
> >>Peace,
> >>Jimmy
> >>
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> > 
> > I tried it on a grape tray loader on Monday at NELS (nelinux.net)...
For the
> > out-of-the-box install of K12LTSP 4.2.1 I just executed the following line
> > in open firmware. The iMac boots to the LTSP server on boot every time.
> > 
> > setenv boot-device enet:192.168.0.254
> > 
> > I remember there's something funny about the mini's we tried....  You might
> > have to look at dome documentation on it :-( but it's something like
> > 
> > Boot enet:192.168.0.254,yaboot
> > 
> > I don't think that sets it tho.
> > 
> > Alternatively if you have OSX running on the mac, you can just set it
in the
> > System Prefs to boot from network.  To return to the local OS, you hold the
> > "D" key down on startup.
> > 
> > -F
> > 
> 
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