Hi Eilert, Wednesday, May 26, 2004, 7:15:35 PM, ai scris:
E> Hi, E> I've got one 3com EtherLink III card here with a boot PROM. It's an ISA E> PNP and according to the DOS software I downloaded from 3com's site to E> adjust it, everything works fine. I activated the boot PROM, and the E> test program says it's ok. The boot PROM is labeled Bootware v1.0, 1992, E> Lanworks Technologies (the chip is from another 3com card with an older E> BNC connector). E> When I boot the PC, the NIC is obviously trying to build up some E> connection to the server, but it just says no answer and Rx2 Rx2... E> Up to now, I've been making boot diskettes for the various NICs here E> according to the instructions for LTSP. That worked fine. E> Just an idea why this old card doesn't get through to my DHCP server? Is E> it looking for something else than DHCP? Can I use it here, anyway? E> Thanks for all answers! E> Rolf E> ------------------------------------------------------- E> This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g E> Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. E> Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. E> http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click E> _____________________________________________________________________ E> Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: E> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss E> For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net You need to write the bootrom with a suitable image (see Rom-o-Matic and docs). You can (theoretically) do with using this bootrom, but you must build a customized kernel - see http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Diskless-HOWTO-10.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ 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
