Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:45:36 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Walker <zflyer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kent Hauser <kent@khauser.net> Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) Message-ID: <20080331224536.GC36433@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCIEILCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <6293ba970803311236o30d15d86q177b7c20d700546d@mail.gmail.com> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCIEILCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 02:09:22PM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Walker > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 11:37 AM > > To: Kent Hauser; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Wake-on-LAN and the em driver (freebsd 7.x) > > > > > > I would like to know of any other easier ways to do this. > > Any network admin worth his salt has an old win98 system tucked > away that can be used to create bootable dos cd's. Don't know much about the value of salt, but the old Win 98 machine I have around has a dead CD and dead floppy as well. Guess they are replaceable, but is it worth money and bother? I wouldn't be surprised if there are many like that sitting around. ////jerry > And if your > really a wizard you have a windows for workgroups 3.11 system > tucked away as there are devices (notably HP JetDirect print servers) > that can only be firmware-updated from that platform, plus you > have a genuine DOS system with an > EGA card and monitor in inventory, like I do. ;-) I'm sure one of > these days I'll need it for something... > > The ultimate guru's of course, have in addition to this, a trash-80, > an Apple II, a Commodore PET, and a VAX 11/70 plus the 3-phase power > to run it - and still remember how to boot all of them.... > > Ted > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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