From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 6 15:45:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from relayout1.micronpc.com (meihost.micronpc.com [209.19.139.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5777E37B4EC for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 15:45:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mei00wssout01.micron.com (mei00wssout01.micronpc.com [172.30.41.216]) by relayout1.micronpc.com (2.5 Build 2640 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with SMTP id QAA16622 for ; Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:45:06 -0700 Received: from 172.30.41.146 by mei00wssout01.micron.com with ESMTP ( Tumbleweed MMS SMTP Relay(WSS) v4.5); Tue, 06 Feb 2001 16:45:08 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 6b1d535a-5b27-11d3-bf09-00902786a6a3 Received: by imcout1.micronpc.com with Internet Mail Service ( 5.5.2650.21) id <1A9LQFR5>; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:45:07 -0700 Message-ID: <8D18712B2604D411A6BB009027F6449801B4B48C@0SEA01EXSRV1> From: "Matt Simerson" To: "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: What is the latest "known-good" PXE build ? Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:44:57 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-WSS-ID: 169E530E584896-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a "magic floppy" which is nothing more than a DOS boot floppy with the fboot.exe program on it and a BIOS image. This works like a charm for my netbooting purposes: Intel (R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.12 PXE 2.0 Build 082 (Wfm 2.0), RPC v2.7.3 Press Ctrl+S to enter the Setup Menu I've written a rather lengthy document on the process at: http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml I also have links to Alfreds PXE Jumpstart guide at http://matt.simerson.net/computing/unix.shtml#freebsd Anyway, that should help you out considerably. If I could legally give away a floppy with WIN-98 MSDOS installed and the fboot.exe program I would but I think doing so violates a software license or two. Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Saab [mailto:paul@mu.org] > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 3:23 PM > To: Mike Smith > Cc: Luigi Rizzo; freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: What is the latest "known-good" PXE build ? > > > Mike Smith (msmith@freebsd.org) wrote: > > > > > The BIOS trace says the PXE is revision 2.0, build 68 > : is there some other, > > > > > perhaps better version of it ? (the on-board NIC on > the machine is an fxp) > > > > > > > > Build 068 is a disaster; you ideally want 082 or later. > > > > > > is there some standard way to upgrade the pxe code on the cards ? > > > in case, where do i get it from ? > > > > You should be able to get updates from Intel, or if you > have access to a > > Windows development system you can grab the PXE reference > implementation > > kit and build your own. > > You still need the code to drive the nic, and noone gives this out. > > I have the latest stuff at: > http://people.freebsd.org/~ps/pxeroms/ > > Unfortunately you need windows to extract the files.. I can put up > a few more of the files later when I get back from Munich which wont > require you to use windows. > > -- > Paul Saab > Technical Yahoo > paul@mu.org - ps@yahoo-inc.com - ps@freebsd.org > Do You .. uhh .. Yahoo!? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message