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NetBoot Enhancements, Issue #463

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- Correct typo in netboot.mod
- Added support for Duodyne NetBoot

Co-Authored-By: Douglas Miller <16920069+durgadas311@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -3887,11 +3887,23 @@ local drives.
## Network Boot
It is possible to boot your MT011 equipped RomWBW system directly from a
network server. This means that the operating system will be loaded
It is possible to boot your RomWBW system directly from a
network server if it has the required hardware. This means that the operating system will be loaded
directly from the network server and all of your drive letters will be
provided by the network server. Duodyne is not yet supported in this
mode of operation.
provided by the network server. The supported hardware is:
- RCBus System w/ MT011 including:
- Featherwing WizNet W5500
- SPI FRAM on secondary SPI interface (CS2)
- Doudyne Disk I/O Board including:
- WIZ850io Module
- 25LCxxx Serial SPI EEPROM
Unlike the CP/NET Client, the presence of dedicated non-volatile
storage is required to hold the network configuration. This will be
FRAM (for MT011) or Serial SPI EEPROM (Duodyne). The NVRAM is used to store your WizNet
configuration values so they do not need to be re-entered every time you
power-cycle your system.
It is important to understand that the operating system that is loaded
in this case is **not** a RomWBW enhanced operating system. Some
@@ -3899,11 +3911,6 @@ commands (such as the `ASSIGN` command) will not be possible. Also,
you will only have access to drives provided by the network server --
no local disk drives will be available.
In order to do this, your MT011 Module **must** be enhanced with an
NVRAM SPI FRAM mini-board. The NVRAM is used to store your WizNet
configuration values so they do not need to be re-entered every time you
power-cycle your system.
Using the same values from the previous example, you would
issue the `WIZCFG` commands:
@@ -3924,25 +3931,25 @@ contains some files that will be sent to your RomWBW system when the
Network boot is performed. By default the directory will be
`~/NetBoot`. In this directory you need to place the following files:
* `cpnos-wbw.sys`
* `cpnos.sys`
* `ndos.spr`
* `snios.spr`
All of these files are found in the Binary/CPNET/NetBoot directory of
the RomWBW distribution.
You also need to make sure CpnetSocketServer is configured with an 'A'
drive and that drive must contain (at an absolute minimum) the following
file:
* `ccp.spr`
which is also found in the Binary/CPNET/NetBoot directory of RomWBW
All of these files are found in the Binary/CPNET/NetBoot directory of
the RomWBW distribution. You will find 2 sub-directories named MT and
DUO. Get the files from the sub-directory corresponding to your
specific hardware.
Finally, you need to add the following line to your CpnetSocketServer
configuration file:
`netboot_default = cpnos-wbw.sys`
`netboot_default = cpnos.sys`
To perform the network boot, you start your RomWBW system normally which
should leave you at the Boot Loader prompt. The 'N' command will