On 22 Mar 2002, at 9:52, Conrad Lawes wrote: > Disable the Plug N Play option on the 3C509B card and try again.
I dit that, and then tried almost all the IRQs and ADRESSes (two days, it's long ......) Romain Surleau. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 7:00 AM > Subject: RE: RE: [Ltsp-discuss] No boot rom > > > > > > >a rom-o-matic floppy imitates the behaviour of an Etherboot boot ROM. It > is meant for users, like yourself, > > > who do not have a boot ROM for their network adapters or network > > >adapters without a boot ROM socket. > > > > > > A rom-o-matic boot floppy and a boot ROM are normally mutually > exclusive. If you have one you don't need the one. > > > > Before asking you, i read the documentation and spent two days tying to > > do what you say. But my network adapter (3c509B-TPO) refused > > everything i tried. The led on the switch a the other end of the cable > didn't > > even light : the network adapter is not activated by the floppy (i tried > all the > > functions of rom-o-matic). > > Finally I found a 3C905B-TX with a boot ROM socket, with no ROM in it. > > And it works : the led on the switch is on and the workstation searches > for > > a DHCP server. > > Could it be that the 3c509B-TPO , not having a socket, doesn't recognize > > instructions of boot ROM included in the boot floppy ? > > > > All my workstations have these 509 adapters. Do i have to change them > > all ? > > > > Thanks to all of you for answering me, i was a bit upset by this > > troublesome adapter. > > > > Romain Surleau. > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
