Hello, Arne Bernin <arne@gondor.nikoma.de> wrote: > I have just build a new Eprom for one of our ne2k clones, this time I used > netboot instead of etherboot. When the Computer starts to boot, it takes > almost one Minute (or more) for the Bootrom-Code to be uncompressed, while > only a message (uncompressing...) appears on the screen. > The etherboot Bootroms boot much faster... Anything done wrong??? Nope. Just one hint: use ROM shadowing with the bootrom if your BIOS supports it. Then the decompression will be _much_ faster. gero. -- Tourists have some fun with New york's hard-boiled cabbies. When you get to your destination, say to your driver, "Pay? I was hitchhiking." - David Letterman -- Gero Kuhlmann, Hannover 0511/6497525 (Voice) gero@gkminix.han.de
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