Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:59:07 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: oliver.fromme@heim3.tu-clausthal.de Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netboot from a 100Mbps PCI card? Message-ID: <199810312359.PAA01449@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:21:09 %2B0100." <199810301021.LAA04306@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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> We need to netboot a few diskless clients from a server, using > FastEthernet PCI network cards (not yet purchased, but we would > prefer intel EtherExpress 10/100, or maybe some DEC 21140-based > cards). > > The problem is that /sys/i386/boot/netboot doesn't seem to > support _any_ PCI cards. :-( No, it doesn't. > Is someone working on netboot code for any FastEthernet PCI > cards, or maybe is there even working code somewehere? > Any other hints how to solve the problem? Eric Hearnes (erich@freebsd.org) has code for the Intel ExtherExpress Pro/100. You can also get boot PROMs for almost any ethernet card from InCom at www.incom.de. Their product is pretty good, and not too expensive; you shouldn't have any trouble booting FreeBSD with this, although I haven't tried their demo again for a few months. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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