diff --git a/sys/arch/hp300/stand/netio.c b/sys/arch/hp300/stand/netio.c
index b361561e39aa..f655eeeb1b4d 100644
--- a/sys/arch/hp300/stand/netio.c
+++ b/sys/arch/hp300/stand/netio.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: netio.c,v 1.1 1995/09/02 05:04:21 thorpej Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: netio.c,v 1.2 1995/09/23 17:31:10 thorpej Exp $	*/
 
 /*
+ * Copyright (c) 1995 Jason R. Thorpe
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Gordon W. Ross
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -59,15 +60,21 @@
 #include "net.h"
 #include "netif.h"
 #include "bootparam.h"
+#include "nfs.h"
 
 extern int nfs_root_node[];	/* XXX - get from nfs_mount() */
 
-u_int32_t myip, rootip, gateip, mask;
+struct	in_addr myip, rootip, gateip;
+n_long	netmask;
 char rootpath[FNAME_SIZE];
 
 int netdev_sock = -1;
 static int open_count;
 
+#ifdef SYS_INST
+static	char input_line[100];
+#endif
+
 /* Why be any different? */
 #define SUN_BOOTPARAMS
 
@@ -124,11 +131,64 @@ netmountroot(f, devname)
 	char *devname;		/* Device part of file name (or NULL). */
 {
 	int error;
+#ifdef SYS_INST
+	struct iodesc *d;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	printf("netmountroot: %s\n", devname);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef SYS_INST
+ get_my_ip:
+	printf("My IP address? ");
+	bzero(input_line, sizeof(input_line));
+	gets(input_line);
+	if ((myip.s_addr = inet_addr(input_line)) == htonl(INADDR_NONE)) {
+		printf("invalid IP address: %s\n", input_line);
+		goto get_my_ip;
+	}
+
+ get_my_netmask:
+	printf("My netmask? ");
+	bzero(input_line, sizeof(input_line)); 
+	gets(input_line);
+	if ((netmask = inet_addr(input_line)) == htonl(INADDR_NONE)) {
+		printf("invalid netmask: %s\n", input_line);
+		goto get_my_netmask;
+	}
+
+ get_my_gateway:
+	printf("My gateway? ");
+	bzero(input_line, sizeof(input_line)); 
+	gets(input_line);
+	if ((gateip.s_addr = inet_addr(input_line)) == htonl(INADDR_NONE)) {
+		printf("invalid IP address: %s\n", input_line);
+		goto get_my_gateway;
+	}
+
+ get_server_ip:
+	printf("Server IP address? ");
+	bzero(input_line, sizeof(input_line)); 
+	gets(input_line);
+	if ((rootip.s_addr = inet_addr(input_line)) == htonl(INADDR_NONE)) {
+		printf("invalid IP address: %s\n", input_line);
+		goto get_server_ip;
+	}
+
+ get_server_path:
+	printf("Server path? ");
+	bzero(rootpath, sizeof(rootpath)); 
+	gets(rootpath);
+	if (rootpath[0] == '\0' || rootpath[0] == '\n')
+		goto get_server_path;
+
+	if ((d = socktodesc(netdev_sock)) == NULL)
+		return (EMFILE);
+
+	d->myip = myip;
+
+#else /* SYS_INST */
 	/*
 	 * Get info for NFS boot: our IP address, our hostname,
 	 * server IP address, and our root path on the server.
@@ -140,36 +200,40 @@ netmountroot(f, devname)
 	/* Get boot info using RARP and Sun bootparams. */
 
 	/* Get our IP address.  (rarp.c) */
-	if ((myip = rarp_getipaddress(netdev_sock)) == 0)
-		return (EIO);
-	printf("boot: client IP address: %s\n", intoa(myip));
+	if (rarp_getipaddress(netdev_sock) == -1)
+		return (errno);
+
+	printf("boot: client IP address: %s\n", inet_ntoa(myip));
 
 	/* Get our hostname, server IP address. */
 	if (bp_whoami(netdev_sock))
-		return (EIO);
+		return (errno);
+
 	printf("boot: client name: %s\n", hostname);
 
 	/* Get the root pathname. */
 	if (bp_getfile(netdev_sock, "root", &rootip, rootpath))
-		return (EIO);
+		return (errno);
 
 #else
 
 	/* Get boot info using BOOTP way. (RFC951, RFC1048) */
 	bootp(netdev_sock);
 
-	printf("Using IP address: %s\n", intoa(myip));
+	printf("Using IP address: %s\n", inet_ntoa(myip));
 
-	printf("myip: %s (%s)", hostname, intoa(myip));
+	printf("myip: %s (%s)", hostname, inet_ntoa(myip));
 	if (gateip)
-		printf(", gateip: %s", intoa(gateip));
+		printf(", gateip: %s", inet_ntoa(gateip));
 	if (mask)
-		printf(", mask: %s", intoa(mask));
+		printf(", mask: %s", intoa(netmask));
 	printf("\n");
 
 #endif /* SUN_BOOTPARAMS */
 
-	printf("root addr=%s path=%s\n", intoa(rootip), rootpath);
+	printf("root addr=%s path=%s\n", inet_ntoa(rootip), rootpath);
+
+#endif /* SYS_INST */
 
 	/* Get the NFS file handle (mount). */
 	error = nfs_mount(netdev_sock, rootip, rootpath);