[U-Boot-Users] uploading OS over network instead of u-boot do wnloading it from a server.

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Jun 27 16:51:23 CEST 2003


In message <20030627142446.9EC7FC592A at atlas.denx.de> I wrote:
> 
> This is wrong. The only a-priori knowledge needed by  the  client  to
> ruin  any of the standard network boot protocols (like BOOTP or DHCP)
> is it's own MAC address, which should have  been  programmed  by  the
> manufacturer and which will never need to be changed.

Nice typo, but of course I meant "...to _run_  any  of  the  standard
network boot protocols...".



Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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