Translations:Handbook:MIPS/Blocks/HWReqs/67/en

Unlike the SGI machines, Cobalt servers use NFS to transfer their kernel for booting. Boot the machine by holding down the left & right arrow buttons whilst powering the unit on. The machine will then attempt to obtain an IP number via BOOTP, mount the directory from the server via NFS, then try to download and boot the file  (depending on the model) which it assumes to be a standard ELF binary.