Re[8]: ROM image for Realtek 8029AS

"Vladimir P. Doykin" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.pxes.devel
Organization mcd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Ben,

Thursday, November 20, 2003, 4:55:51 AM, you wrote:

> Our EPROM eraser has now been fixed so I have been able to erase some 32K
> 28C128 EPROMs.
I think it is 16K EEPROM or am I wrong?
> I have programmed them with the 16K rom-o-matic image
> (offset=0 which is the default) and verified them. The jumperless network
> card is set for boot ROM enabled, rom size =32K
then 16K should be.
> but it still won't boot!
> (Operating system not found)

> Any ideas? I haven't had any success with jumperless NICS and PCI nics. The
> only success I had was with an ISA jumpered NE2000 nic.

> Or do these cards expect a different offset?

> Ben.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Vladimir P.
> Doykin
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2003 8:56 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re[6]: [pxes-devel] ROM image for Realtek 8029AS




> Tuesday, November 04, 2003, 1:16:40 PM, you wrote:

>> We tried eb-5[1].2.2-rtl8029.zrom
> Well, I ran setup utility for my NIC and turned off PnP mode. Then
> I set IRQ and I/O PORT and burnt ne-5.0.8-ne.lzrom image into EEPROM.
>> What's wrong with the 27C***? That's what we are trying to use. They work
>> fine in NE2000 jumpered ISA cards.
> I think they are right for nonreusable burning. Sometimes ultraviolet don't
> erase
> data fully from chip, less convenient and less reliable, but more
> cheaper (1.3 USD). 28C*** is more convenient, reliable, but more
> expansive (6 USD).
>> Thanks,
>> Ben.

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Vladimir P.
>> Doykin
>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2003 6:57 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re[4]: [pxes-devel] ROM image for Realtek 8029AS


>> I have working NIC on 8029 chip on PCI bus. There are no problems with
>> image taken from rom-o-matic. I used ver 5.0.8., EEPROM AT28C256
>> (because of 27C*** is sucks). Computer was P166 MMX. All is working
>> perfect.

>> Which image did you take from rom-o-matic? Give full name of file
>> please.

>> Tuesday, November 04, 2003, 3:10:37 AM, you wrote:

>>> We are having a similar problem - works with floppy image but doesn't
> boot
>>> from a boot ROM- if you look at the specifications for the realtek
> chipset
>>> it only supports 8, 16 and 32 Kbit EPROMS. We are waiting for our eraser
>> to
>>> be fixed so I can erase and reprogram a 32K EPROM. I'll let you know if
> we
>>> are successful.

>>> Please tell me if you have any success.

>>> Ben.

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of #1
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2003 3:58 AM
>>> To: Ben Reuter
>>> Subject: Re[2]: [pxes-devel] ROM image for Realtek 8029AS


>>> Hi, Ben!

>>> Monday, November 3, 2003, 12:12:40 AM, you wrote:

BR>>>> The etherboot one works fine for us. We got ours from
>>> www.rom-o-matic.com
BR>>>> which is a bit easier to use.

>>> Many thanks for your interest with my problem.
>>> I tryed the programm Etherboot images (from rom-o-matic and my PC ;-))
> for
>>> realtek 8029AS PCI
>>> card.
>>> I used different chips with ultraviolet- and electroerase - different
>>> 27c256's and winbond w27c512. I've tried 16 kb image, and the glue
>>> together (twice for 256 kbit chip and to fold in four for w27c512).
>>> But there was only one result - PC freeze after POST (with string:
>>> "Press F2 for BIOS, Press F12 for boot from network").
>>> I've attempted with different bioses (new Pentium 4 and oldest
>>> P1-200Mhz) - but wrongly!
>>>      At the same time - boot image for diskette works fine!
>>> And the same programmed chips for Realtek 8139D (with proper image
>>> insertion)
>>> work fine too!
>>> Can you help me - what else can I try-on?
>>>     Respect for you.




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>> Best regards,
>>  Vladimir                            mailto:[email protected]




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>  Vladimir                            mailto:[email protected]




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