this is going to be quite hard, because the nic is an onboard nic in a
diskless thin client.  I can't install an operating system on it.  I was
hoping to be able to use it as a thin client for LTSP.

tom

On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 17:40, Jacob Hoopes wrote:
> Try this, you won't need a pxe image (make sure you have pxelinux.0
> and config files):
> lspci (Write down all the information for your card)
> now 
> lspci -n (Write down the numbers in the third column for your
> corresponding card)
> now uncompress your initrd image (Assuming you've compiled in support
> for your nic in the kernel):
> gunzip initrd-2.4.19-ltsp.gz
> Now mount your initrd image (The image will no longer have a gz
> extension):
> mkdir /mnt/initrd_devel
> mount -o loop initrd-2.4.19-ltsp /mnt/initrd_devel
> now add your entry into /mnt/initrd_devel/etc/niclist (mine was
> 8086:1000) yours will be different.
> Here's how to add it: (Example)
> 
> 8086:1000    e1000
> 
> I added the pci memory address then the driver it needs. Save and
> quit.
> Now cd to /.
> umount /mnt/initrd_devel
> gzip initrd-2.4.19-ltsp (This will give it the .gz extension now)
> 
> Sorry not too descriptive bit I'm sure you'll figure it out.
> 
> Best regards,
> Jacob Hoopes
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 09:13, Tom Schouteden wrote: 
> > Has anyone succesfully used the Realtek RTL8100B chipset for PXE
> > booting?  I didn't find an image for it at the rom-o-matic website. 
> > Perhaps it works fine with the RTL8139 image?
> > 
> > any feedback would be appreciated
> > 
> > tnx
> > tom
> > 
> > 
> > 
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