Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 06:48:16 +0100 (MET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: martin@tdc.on.ca (Martin Renters) Cc: phk@critter.tfs.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A question on diskless boot Message-ID: <199612180548.GAA06355@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <199612172020.PAA16649@tdc.on.ca> from "Martin Renters" at Dec 17, 96 03:20:21 pm
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> The PCCARD stuff already seems to have the ability to do this via DHCP. > Look in /etc/pccard_ether from the PAO distribution. thanks for the pointer. > As for adding DEC chipset support to netboot, I don't think it would > be impossible, I just don't have such a card at the moment, but I will > look into borrowing one. I already have the programming docs (at least that would be great, since then I could integrate the "driver" into my bridge code and have a cheap multiport 10-100Mbit switch! > for the older chips). I suppose if you don't have a socket for a bootrom, > you're still out of luck though. In this case I would use the .COM version, either from a floppy or from a HD. Besides, many motherboards now have a flash bios, I could always try to patch the netboot stuff into the bios (sw only) or, for those MB with a ROM, burn a new Eprom including the netboot. Luigi -----------------------------+-------------------------------------- Luigi Rizzo | Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione email: luigi@iet.unipi.it | Universita' di Pisa tel: +39-50-568533 | via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy) fax: +39-50-568522 | http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/ _____________________________|______________________________________
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