Oli, I'll bring a couple Etherboot network cards with me to Montreal next week, for you guys to take and test with. In fact, I'll have a server with me, and we can do some testing while at UBZ.
Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 22 Oct 2005, Edward Holcroft wrote: > > On 22 Oct 2005, at 1:54 PM, Oliver Grawert wrote: > > > hi, > > Am Samstag, den 22.10.2005, 13:43 +0200 schrieb Edward Holcroft: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does Edubuntu 5.10 include Etherboot support as part of a default > > > > > > installation? I don't seem to be able to find it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Please tell me it's so obvious that I'm looking right past it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > yes, edubuntu works fine with the PXE emulating etherboot images from > > > > > http://www.rom-o-matic.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Oli. So does this mean I must program by bootroms with > > > > the .zpxe ROM file off romomatic if I want them to work with Edubuntu? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Since this thread died, I thought I'd better revive it, since I am > > > still left wondering. My NICs are programmed with binary ROM images > > > and fail to boot the clients (they work fine with K12LTSP, so I know > > > it's not the NICs or the ROMs that are faulty). Are you saying that > > > Edubuntu ONLY works with PXE ROMs? > > > > > sorry for the late answer... nobody in the dev team has NICs with > > etherboot roms yet, so beyond using the rom-o-matic bootfloppies we > > havent made tests with EPROM driven NICs i suppose it will work fine > > with the .zpxe roms from rom-o-matic, i cant just say it will work. i'll > > try to get my hands on a EPROM driven NIC as soon as possible to confirm > > that. > > > > Send me a physical address and it will be my pleasure to courier one off to > you on Monday. > > cheers > ed > > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel > -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
