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GRUB requires a file server and optionally a server that will assign an IP address to the machine on which GRUB is running. For the former, only TFTP is supported at the moment. The latter is either BOOTP, DHCP or a RARP server(6). It is not necessary to run both the servers on one computer. How to configure these servers is beyond the scope of this document, so please refer to the manuals specific to those protocols/servers.
If you decided to use a server to assign an IP address, set up the server and run @command{bootp} (see section bootp), @command{dhcp} (see section dhcp) or @command{rarp} (see section rarp) for BOOTP, DHCP or RARP, respectively. Each command will show an assigned IP address, a netmask, an IP address for your TFTP server and a gateway. If any of the addresses is wrong or it causes an error, probably the configuration of your servers isn't set up properly.
Otherwise, run @command{ifconfig}, like this:
grub> ifconfig --address=192.168.110.23 --server=192.168.110.14
You can also use @command{ifconfig} in conjugation with @command{bootp}, @command{dhcp} or @command{rarp} (e.g. to reassign the server address manually). See section ifconfig, for more details.
Finally, download your OS images from your network. The network can be accessed using the network drive `(nd)'. Everything else is very similar to the normal instructions (see section Booting).
Here is an example:
grub> bootp Probing... [NE*000] NE2000 base ... Address: 192.168.110.23 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 Server: 192.168.110.14 Gateway: 192.168.110.1 grub> root (nd) grub> kernel /tftproot/gnumach.gz root=sd0s1 grub> module /tftproot/serverboot.gz grub> boot
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