At the prom monitor type: setenv diskless 1 setenv netaddr 18.XX.XX.XX setenv systempartition "bootp()pepe:" setenv osloader athena-sgi53-YYZZ setenv volume 0 init replace the YY and the ZZ with the following depending on what hardware you YY is 46 for the 4600's 50 for the 5000's 44 for the 4400's ZZ is xl for 8 and 24 bit XL boards or XGE for the 5000's xz for the XZ