Fathi Ben Nasr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hello,
>
> I have some old x486 with no pci slots (compaq presario cds 522 among
> others).
> I finaly found some 3c509b nics that could boot from a rom-o-matic.org
> generated .lzdsk boot file.
> Now, as this are isa nics, they need their driver to specified in the
> dhcp response.
> The driver loaded by etherboot flopyy is 3c5x9 at 0x0300.
> I tried different ways to feed this information to the client but I
> still get a Kernel panic and an error message about the isa nic driver.
>
> Could someone please tell me the correct syntax for option-129 (with
> some examples if possible) ?
You need both the option option-128 and option option-129 lines. This is what I
have in /etc/dhcpd.conf:
option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00; #This is NOT a MAC address
option option-129 "NIC=3c509"; # No irq or io address needed
Note that you might not get the 3c509 to work if it is set up to work in PnP
mode. If you can get them to boot with the etherboot floppy, but stop during the
second stage, try to disable PnP using the 3Com utilities under DOS.
--
Mvh Ragnar Wisl�ff
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