Re: Problems with etherboot and Boot prompt.

[Charlie Brady <cbrady@ind.tansu.com.au>]

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Andrew Coulthurst wrote:

> Has anyone had a problem with etherboot-4.0 and the boot from network
> prompt ??
> 
> On my machine the machine hangs if I select N. ( that is , continue with
> normal boot from floppy/harddisk ).
> 
> I have an Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 ( new 82558 chip ).
> 
> If someone says they have managed to get it to work - then I'll just have
> to try harder ;-).

Yes, I have it working, with an NE2000 clone. The NE2100 (lance) driver
seems to be broken in etherboot-4.0 however. Ken Yap is aware of it. He
will probably fix it before I find out what is wrong with it.

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