I´m experiencing the same problem. I can flash the 3com 3c905b-tx card, it says no ROM install with vortex-dialog -e but vortex-dialog -B says bios rom id 1f d5 - vendor Atmel. I'm a bit confused, all help is appreciated.
Best regards, Peter Institut for Konjunktur-Analyse Aabenraa 29 * DK-1124 København K phone: (+45) 33 32 82 70 * fax: (+45) 33 93 03 67 * http://www.ifka.dk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Micael Beronius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Marty Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Brian Delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Re[2]: [Etherboot-users] last chance help with etherboot > Hello Marty, > > I have exactly the same problems as Brian (as posted on > etherboot-users), also with the 3c905 (tested 3c905 and 3c90b). In > short I have tested all kinds of solutions for burning the rom/flash; > bromutils vortex-diag and a regular EPROM programmer, so I'm pretty > sure that the ROM are fine. (verified by reading back to file and > comparing lzrom image among others. I have some errors coming out > vortex-diag (saying there's no ROM installed, and that vortex format > checksum is incorrect), but apart from that I begin to suspect that > there is a incompatibility of the motherboard (Abit KX333, KT333 > chipset, award BIOS). Used 3com util to make sure the ROM is enabled. > > Booting with ROM gives me nothing, it does not detect the etherboot > code. If I enable LAN boot in BIOS, the computer restarts every 10-15 > seconds without any messages. I guess "LAN" is when there's a built in > ethernet? > > Yes, I have double checked the PCI ID's. ;-) > > I post the output of the vortex-diag below again.. > > If you guys have any hint on what's not happening here .. > > thanks, > Micael > > > ./vortex-diag -e > vortex-diag.c:v2.14 12/28/2002 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html > Index #1: Found a 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx adapter at 0xd000. > Station address 00:10:5a:4c:c9:55. > Receive mode is 0x07: Normal unicast and all multicast. > Saved EEPROM settings of a 3Com Vortex/Boomerang: > 3Com Node Address 00:10:5A:4C:C9:55 (used as a unique ID only). > OEM Station address 00:10:5A:4C:C9:55 (used as the ethernet address). > Device ID 9055, Manufacturer ID 6d50. > Manufacture date (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/22/1998, division 6, product QR. > No BIOS ROM is present. > Transceiver selection: Autonegotiate. > Options: force full duplex, link beat required. > PCI Subsystem IDs: Vendor 10b7 Device 9055. > 100baseTx 10baseT. > Vortex format checksum is incorrect (c0 vs. 10b7). > Cyclone format checksum is correct (0xa8 vs. 0xa8). > Hurricane format checksum is correct (0xa8 vs. 0xa8). > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
