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Date:      Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:05:18 -0500
From:      "McKenna, Lee" <lmckenna@lodgenet.com>
To:        "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: pxeboot and realtek 8139
Message-ID:  <3EA88113DE92D211807300805FA7994209149D23@chaplin.lodgenet.com>

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Answering my own question here ;)

I had to go into the BIOS on the SV-24 (FV-24 motherboard) and set:

Assign IRQ to VGA:  NO
Assign IRQ to USB:  NO

Now, pxeboot works wonderfully on the built-in RealTek 8139.

Woo-Hoo!

--Lee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: McKenna, Lee 
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 7:31 PM
> To: 'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'
> Subject: pxeboot and realtek 8139
> 
> 
> Using 4.5-stable, I can get an Intel fxp0 card to work fine 
> using pxeboot in a diskless configuration, but if I try the 
> onboard RealTek 8139 it hangs when loading the kernel.  I 
> tried "BOOTP_WIRED_TO=rl0" but that didnt make a difference.
> 
> Motherboard is a shuttle fv-24, with builtin RealTek 8139.  
> About the only thing I can configure is the amount of memory 
> for the network boot on the 8139, either 8, 16, 32, 64, or 
> 128 -- changing this makes no difference.
> 
> I'd rather just use the built-in 8139 so I dont have to buy 
> an Intel card for all these machines...
> 
> Any suggestions?  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Lee
> 
> lmckenna@lodgenet.com
> 
> 

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