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Am Dienstag, 21. Dezember 2004 23:17 schrieb Brian Read:
> /proc/pci does not exist, and dmseg identifies it as an intel
> etherexpress, but i cannot match it exactly to one of the ones in the
> PCI number list.  i tried one anyway, but it failed to get the NIC running.

With Etherboot, the exact PCI code only matters if you want to burn a ROM or 
put the code inside your system BIOS. This has to do with the fact that only 
ROM/BIOS fragments with a valid header (including 55AA and the PCI codes) can 
be booted by regular PC BIOS (simplified).

> I added a CDROM and booted Knoppix, and it told me that it was Class
> 8086, and NIC 1229.
>
> However i then copied the Etherboot rom image to the floppy, and booted
> it and it failed to find the DHCP server (suse 9.2), whereas knoppix
> picked up an IP address from the server fine.
>
> Any ideas anyone?

Etherboot will only accept DHCP offers that contain a "filename". You should 
also make sure that a valid and reasonable "root-path" is set, and most 
people want to set a "router" as well.

If Etherboot prints F?F?F? (recent versions only), this is an indication it 
receives DHCP offers, but without filename supplied.

Regards,
Anselm
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