Thanks, Michael,
Thanks for testing that. I'd like to examine this NIC further: could you
let
me know the make and model so I can buy one for myself?
I ordered it directly from the following website.
http://argontechnology.com/PXE-Network-Adapters/10/100MB-USB-Fast-Ethernet-Adapter-with-PXE.html
You can't do this directly. iPXE doesn't contain native drivers for your
USB-
NIC; it is relying on the PXE support provided by the USB-NIC
manufacturer.
You should, however, be able to transfer the contents of the FDD to a USB
key
and then boot from the USB key. This should speed up the loading time.
Is it possible that I can put the "contents of the FDD + iPXE" into the USB
key and boot from it? Thanks very much!
Regards,
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Brown" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "jerrycheng-hinet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [ipxe-devel] SAN Boot Windows XP with USB-NIC.
On Monday 21 Mar 2011 08:42:41 jerrycheng-hinet wrote:
> That's very odd. It would be interesting to know what causes this
> limit.
> (For example, does a normal-sized "-s 1472" ping work over this USB NIC
> when
> it *isn't* being used by iPXE?)
I tested this item in Windows XP. The largest value that works over this
USB-NIC (in windows xp) is "-s 1472".
Thanks for testing that. I'd like to examine this NIC further: could you
let
me know the make and model so I can buy one for myself?
After using the Windows XP image made from USB flash drive, I can
successfully sanboot Windows XP via this USB-NIC.
Fantastic. :)
Since this USB-NIC only
fits to USB 1.1, booting speed is extremely slow (took about 5 minutes
from
power on to windows xp operable).
Because the driver of this USB-NIC and PXE support is loaded from FDD (
it
took more than 1 minutes to load driver and PXE), I tried to load iPXE
directly from the USB flash drive. When I did this, iPXE seemed can't
find
the USB-NIC.
What should I do to make the USB-NIC workable while the iPXE is loaded
from
USB flash drive? Thanks very much!
You can't do this directly. iPXE doesn't contain native drivers for your
USB-
NIC; it is relying on the PXE support provided by the USB-NIC
manufacturer.
You should, however, be able to transfer the contents of the FDD to a USB
key
and then boot from the USB key. This should speed up the loading time.
Michael
_______________________________________________
ipxe-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ipxe.org/mailman/listinfo/ipxe-devel
