Diskless X Server: a how to guide
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# 4 Booting across the network

Boot the diskless system with out any config.sys/autoexec.bat files. Try running the boot program for your Ethernet adapter.

My Ethernet adapter is running in WD8013 16bit mode so I run `nb8390.com`

    C:> cd \netboot
    C:> nb8390

    Boot from Network (Y/N) ?  Y

    BOOTP/TFTP/NFS bootstrap loader     ESC for menu

    Searching for adapter..
    WD8013EBT base 0x0300, memory 0x000D8000, addr 00:40:01:43:26:66

    Searching for server...

At this point, my diskless system is trying to find a machine to act as a boot server. Make note of the `addr` line above, you will need this number later. Reset the diskless system and modify your `config.sys` and `autoexec.bat` files to do these steps automatically for you. Perhaps in a menu. If you had to run `nb3c509.com` instead of `nb8390.com` the output is the same as above. If you got “`No adapter found`” at the `Searching for adapter...` message, verify that you did indeed set the compile time defines in the `Makefile` correctly.

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