From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Oct 31 17:47:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17529 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:47:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles215.castles.com [208.214.165.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA17511 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 17:47:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA01449; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:59:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810312359.PAA01449@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: oliver.fromme@heim3.tu-clausthal.de cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netboot from a 100Mbps PCI card? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Oct 1998 11:21:09 +0100." <199810301021.LAA04306@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:59:07 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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