On Friday, Jan 3, 2003, at 22:00 Europe/London, Jeff Walther wrote: > Over on the evil PC side of things, netboot was (is?) accomplished > with a network card with a ROM on board. The ROM handles the basic > functions needed to get the machine running far enough to access the > network and find the network boot drive.
Yes, I have a Compaq network card in my PC that looks for a NetBoot host at startup, from a boot ROM. > Obviously, it's kind of tough to netboot a computer if there's no way > for it to bootstrap itself up far enough to check the network. > iMac's handle this with Open Firmware in their ROM, I believe > (assuming they do diskless net booting). Older Macs would need some > kind of firmware to tell them to look to the network for their boot > volume and to supply network protocol software. > > Were there special network cards for the SE and Plus that had the > additional code built in? That's a distinct possibility. -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> Vintage Macs List Nanny "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
