Vincent Touquet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm willing to give etherboot a spin.
> Could someone tell me what it takes ?

http://www.etherboot.org
> - a ROM: which one ? :) where do I get this ?

Anyone.  With LinuxBIOS you use the ROM LinuxBIOS is in.  In
other cases you normally use a rom on your NIC.

> - how can I make my machine boot from
>   this rom ?

PC-BIOS.  You set the boot order appropriately.
LinuxBIOS. you point the ELF bootloader at it.

> Generally I need an etherboot hard-and soft
> tutorial. Is there such a beast, or can 
> I scrape one together from different pieces ?

Etherboot has some decent documetnation.  The LinuxBIOS case
is a little rough, but questions are answered.

Eric

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