On Fri, 2003-08-08 at 03:36, Rick Barnich wrote: > >From the description of the problem, it similar to a situation I > encountered with the rtl8139d. It turned out that the rtl8139 has an > internal flag that enables the external boot rom. There is a utility on > Realtek's web site that can be used to setup the rtl8139 chip. I had to > put the nic in a windows machine, run their utility.(How humiliating!).
This is expected for all bootROM network cards. Assume you need to setup the card with a (DOS) utility, until proven otherwise. With a lot of these utilities you also need to set the bootROM size correctly. > Now, both rtl8139c and rtl8139d cards both boot with the same rom. > Apparently, since the majority of (windows) users don't boot from the > net, the rom is disabled at the factory. > > Rick Barnich > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
