---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:55:38 -0400 >From: Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: PXE capable NICs: non-intel chipsets >To: misc <[email protected]> > >Nick Holland wrote: >> Lesson there /might/ be: old PXE stuff is unreliable, new stuff is >> better. If you aren't sure how old it is, get something that can be >> updated. > >Alternatively, get gigabit cards that support PXE, which should be new >enough to avoid problems. I've never seen a gigabit card that didn't >support PXE (although they probably exist), and most gigabit cards will >perform better than a 100 card even at 100. >
steve, these PXE capable cards are intended for the myriad shitboxes i currently lord it over and i can't justify the additional expense of gigabit cards. additionally, a lot of these machines' network throughput will be limited by their slow disk I/O. nick, thx for the warning about the old ROMs being flaky. i'll order some old intel cards and see what happens. stuart, i'll try the etherboot stuff and post about the results in a week or so. i look forward to not having to reboot my machine twice to swap in a new kernel after a panic :). cheers, jake
