Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:44:57 -0700 From: "Matt Simerson" <mpsimerson@hostpro.com> To: "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: What is the latest "known-good" PXE build ? Message-ID: <8D18712B2604D411A6BB009027F6449801B4B48C@0SEA01EXSRV1>
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I have a "magic floppy" which is nothing more than a DOS boot floppy with the fboot.exe program on it and a BIOS image. This works like a charm for my netbooting purposes: Intel (R) Boot Agent Version 4.0.12 PXE 2.0 Build 082 (Wfm 2.0), RPC v2.7.3 Press Ctrl+S to enter the Setup Menu I've written a rather lengthy document on the process at: http://matt.simerson.net/computing/freebsd.netboot.shtml I also have links to Alfreds PXE Jumpstart guide at http://matt.simerson.net/computing/unix.shtml#freebsd Anyway, that should help you out considerably. If I could legally give away a floppy with WIN-98 MSDOS installed and the fboot.exe program I would but I think doing so violates a software license or two. Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Saab [mailto:paul@mu.org] > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 3:23 PM > To: Mike Smith > Cc: Luigi Rizzo; freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: What is the latest "known-good" PXE build ? > > > Mike Smith (msmith@freebsd.org) wrote: > > > > > The BIOS trace says the PXE is revision 2.0, build 68 > : is there some other, > > > > > perhaps better version of it ? (the on-board NIC on > the machine is an fxp) > > > > > > > > Build 068 is a disaster; you ideally want 082 or later. > > > > > > is there some standard way to upgrade the pxe code on the cards ? > > > in case, where do i get it from ? > > > > You should be able to get updates from Intel, or if you > have access to a > > Windows development system you can grab the PXE reference > implementation > > kit and build your own. > > You still need the code to drive the nic, and noone gives this out. > > I have the latest stuff at: > http://people.freebsd.org/~ps/pxeroms/ > > Unfortunately you need windows to extract the files.. I can put up > a few more of the files later when I get back from Munich which wont > require you to use windows. > > -- > Paul Saab > Technical Yahoo > paul@mu.org - ps@yahoo-inc.com - ps@freebsd.org > Do You .. uhh .. Yahoo!? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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