booting across subnets

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From: Gary Cattelino
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1990 22:36

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The conversation about getting ypbind to work across subnets got me to
wondering about booting diskless clients from a server that's not on the
same brodcast net.  Will the RARP packet get to the server on the other
network or not?  If not, how do machines boot across subnets?

      Gary A. Cattelino                  Unocal Science & Technology Division
      Phone: (714) 528-7201 x2715        376 S. Valencia Avenue
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Subject: booting across subnets
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