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Date:      Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:26:31 +0100
From:      Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com>
To:        Paul Saab <ps@mu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remote boot, but not diskless operation
Message-ID:  <3AB31FB7.FF6AD0F7@herbelot.com>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.31.0103161022490.22253-100000@melchizedek.cs.umn.edu> <3AB2622D.E6E3DE2C@herbelot.com> <20010316141918.A46855@elvis.mu.org> <3AB29449.2AB0A3B2@herbelot.com> <20010316150009.A48045@elvis.mu.org>

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Paul Saab wrote:
> 
> Thierry Herbelot (thierry@herbelot.com) wrote:
> > Paul Saab wrote:
> > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > My problem is that the NIC I'm trying to boot from is an on-board fxp on
> > a Motorola p-III M/B (I assume there is no specific "PXE rom", as PXE
> > may be included in the BIOS)
> >
> > will your "intel board" upgrade .exe work in this setup ?
> 
> You need to get an updated bios which contains a newer PXE rom.
> Motorola should contact Intel for the updated ROM.

they've done this, but their newest BIOS (8 days old) still has a 0.78
PXE revision (I've seen more recent DELL machines with a 0.99 - I assume
this is better)

-- 
Thierry Herbelot

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