2010/6/7 Peter J. Holzer <[email protected]>: > On 2010-06-06 23:21:14 +0930, Matt Thyer wrote: >> I understand that the net4801 can PXE boot using it's first network >> interface. >> Unfortunately it seems that you need to type "boot f0" on the console >> to achieve this. >> >> I was hoping that the net4801 would automatically PXE boot in the >> absence of other bootable media. > > It can if you included f0 in the list of boot devices.
Interesting option. As mentioned before I've only been able to update my comBIOS by using FlashROM from FreeBSD (linux would work too). I assume that the net4801 is like a standard PC in that the BIOS settings are stored in a separate area from the BIOS itself such that flashing my ROM with someones image that is configured in this way will not give me that functionality. If this is not the case I'd be keen to try this if someone can provide a comBIOS v1.33 image read from their net4801 ROM using FlashROM (http://www.flashrom.org/Flashrom) if it is configured to boot in an order: CF, Disk, PXE. I'm hoping it would still PXE boot if I have a non-bootable CF card in the slot because I'm trying to work out why my NanoBSD image doesn't seem to load from my SanDisk Ultra II (15MB/s) 2GB CF card even with the 1.33 comBIOS. Has this been covered before on the list ? (something to do with set the CF to slave instead of master maybe ?). >> Because my serial ports on my net4801 are FUBAR (as in broken). > > Unfortunately the only way I know to change the list of boot devices is > via the serial console, so that doesn't help you. A way to read and > change the comBIOS settings from a running system would be nice. Yes, the best option would be a program to update comBIOS settings from a running OS. > > hp > > -- > _ | Peter J. Holzer | Auf jedem Computer sollte der Satz Ludwigs II > |_|_) | Sysadmin WSR | eingeprägt stehen: "Ein ewig Rätsel will ich > | | | [email protected] | bleiben, mir und andern." > __/ | http://www.hjp.at/ | -- Wolfram Heinrich in desd > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFMDKqkMdFfQa64PCwRAqhrAJ9bDyzTM+cdUTWl3F1KNFnG8U9G8wCgg0Zt > 8NEXatf/ofcJ61569mttbmI= > =Dgss > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
