Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 15:24:21 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooting on fxp0? Message-ID: <199910082224.PAA01988@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Oct 1999 17:17:14 EDT." <14334.24410.547615.160531@trooper.velocet.net>
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> I'm somewhat aware that we have netboot code that understands 3com > 3c509s and nc8390's. Last I checked, one had to burn a boot ROM for > these cards and they were 10Mb. > > The current batch of IBM etherjets (probe as fxp0) have dhcp-enabled > boot ROMs built into them. What is required to support these, or has > someone worked on this already. 100Mb cards could make a decent > diskless workstation/server. I'm working on this at the moment, since RedHat have managed to get Intel to release their PXE development kit under an almost-no-conditions license. If you (or anyone else) are interested in working on this, please contact me directly. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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