It might just be me who is plain stupid - but howcome I can programme the bootrom but vortex-dialog -e says no bios rom installed - but vortex-dialog -B says it is installed?
Best regards, Peter M. Nielsen Institut for Konjunktur-Analyse Aabenraa 29 * DK-1124 K�benhavn K phone: (+45) 33 32 82 70 * fax: (+45) 33 93 03 67 * http://www.ifka.dk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Connor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "brian delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:53 AM Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Re: [Etherboot-users] last chance help with etherboot > On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 12:56 PM, brian delaney wrote: > > excellent response...thanks...but > > when I run cromutil i am able to backup the NIC and erase it. when I > > try to program it it just hangs and I donot get any response....so now > > what? > > yes, I verified the address using CAT......... > > Wait a moment. Is this a PCI NIC, or is this an integrated NIC on a > motherboard? > > If this is one of those NICs that is integrated onto a motherboard, > then cromutil and ether-diag will likely not work. That is because > whereas the PCI card has a piece of flash memory on it that is > accessible and programmable, there MBA code for the motherboard is > probably in the system BIOS flash, which is a very different thing. If > the PXE code is part of the BIOS flash, you probably want to use the > PXE->Etherboot chaining method, which was "Door Number 3" in my > previous message, or alternatively PXELINUX, which was "Door Number 2" > > So, what's the deal? Is this a PCI NIC card, or is this one of those > "DELL/random-other-vendor deals where the NIC has no flash, but is has > the PCI IDs of a card that does have flash, but the actual flash code > is in the BIOS because, well we had room there, and we are a large > enough vendor to get the special OEM version of the 3COM card, and > permission to embed the MBA in our BIOS" kind of situations. > > You can still use Etherboot, but flashing would require modifying your > BIOS, which is harder, and is a different process. We have people on > the list who have replaced PXE with Etherboot in various BIOSes, but > it's not an easy thing to do, and you might be better off using a > different method to achieve the result. Which is what the .lzpxe/.zpxe > formats are all about. > > Anyway, let us know... > > Marty > > -- > Try: http://rom-o-matic.net/ to make Etherboot images instantly. > > Name: Marty Connor > US Mail: Entity Cyber, Inc.; P.O. Box 391827; > Cambridge, MA 02139; USA > Voice: (617) 491-6935; Fax: (617) 491-7046 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.etherboot.org/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
