Re[2]: which image of NIC (gerenated from rom-o-matix) should be burn for a NIC

Hello thomas,

Tuesday, May 31, 2005, 11:55:33 AM, you wrote:

> Means all the card (PCI /ISA) having bootrom socket having etherboot
> .zrom image burnt on EEPROM can get a linux nbi tagged kernel from
> DHCP.
Yes.
>   If it is wrong correct please. Anotherthing i wish to confirm -
> Can each and every NIC card cabale og netbooting can start etherboot
> coad from EEPROM?
I think so. I didn't had much NICs but I have never met NIC which
was't be able to start cod from [EE]PROM.
>  Somewhere I read that some NIC (perticularaly newer
> one) are designed for booting PXE code and some other
> etherboot/netboot?
Bootrom code of NIC determines which boot protocol it supports. Some
firmware code can support only 'pxe', some - 'pxe' and others ('rpl' for
instance).
> opinion awaited.


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Best regards,
 Vladimir




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