Re: n 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] boot order

Hi,

I can't see how to do options 1 or 2.  Option 1: The only NIC boot menu 
I could find was the one I mentioned in the original message below.  It 
had 4 entries and it made no difference which one I chose.  Option 2: I 
also mentioned in that message that changing the mb's CMOS boot order 
had no effect.

In the end I actually did option 3 and made myself a freedos boot 
floppy.  I will read up on option 4 but so far I can't see a linux solution.

Raphael
P.S. The card is a 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] in case you missed the 
subject line :)



Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:

>Hi Raphael,
>
>deactivating the NIC ROM could be archived on several ways (partly
>depending on what kind of ROM code you're using):
> - NIC boot menu
> - via mb's BIOS boot order (depends on rom format and bios impl.)
> - with the DOS tool 3c90xcfg.exe from
>   ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/3c90x2.exe
> - erase it with cromutil from etherboot/contrib/3c90xutil
>   (somewhat invasive)
>
>Hth,
>Pete
>
>On Monday 04 August 2003 13:29, Raphael Clifford wrote:
>  
>
>>I am attempting to get my system to boot from the hard drive and am
>>having no luck.  At the moment it attempts to boot over the net
>>(there is a setup for it to do this but I would like to stop using
>>it). Changing the CMOS does nothing. I was told to press Esc during
>>bootup which does indeed bring up a menu with four options in it. 
>>However, whichever one I choose it still boots off the network.  I
>>then read
>>http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c905c/905cuser.pdf pages
>>61-63 which seems to claim  I need windows to disable net booting (by
>>running NIC doctor).
>>
>>Is there any way to do this in linux?
>>
>>Any help is very much appreciated.
>>
>>Raphael
>>P.S. Please CC me in any reply.
>>    
>>
>
>
>
>  
>


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