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ETHERNET REMOTE PROGRAM LOAD
Use ETHERRPL to enable remote booting of workstations (mostly diskless) that
have Ethernet network boards installed with IBM RPL style bootroms.
Command format
LOAD [path]ETHERRPL
Command parameters
Replace path with a full directory path to the directory containing the
module; begin with a DOS drive letter or a NetWare volume name. If you do
not specify a path and the SYS volume is mounted, the operating system
assumes that the loadable module is located in the SYS:SYSTEM directory.
(Use SEARCH to set up additional paths for automatic searching.)
Additional information
To remotely boot a diskless Ethernet workstation, you must complete the
following:
■ Load ETHERRPL.
■ Configure the workstation boot files for remote booting. Follow the
DOSGEN instructions in Appendix D of the NetWare 386 Installation
manual.
■ Bind the ETHRPL protocol to the network boards in the file server.
To load ETHERRPL, complete the following steps.
1. Type
LOAD ETHERRPL <Enter>
2. Bind the ETHRPL protocol to the driver for the Ethernet network
board(s) in the file server. Type
BIND ETHRPL LAN_driver <Enter>
Replace LAN_driver with the name of the driver you are using. If you
have loaded the driver more than once, you will need to repeat this
step.
3. Edit the AUTOEXEC.NCF file. Add the following lines to load and bind
ETHERRPL:
LOAD ETHERRPL
BIND ETHRPL LAN_driver driver_parameters
Replace LAN_driver with the name of the driver you used in Step 2.
Replace driver_parameters with the parameters you used to load the LAN
driver.