Re: Request Netboot bootrom .rom file for Realtek 8139.

[Crispin Murphy <crispin@myra.com>]

Mike Hammer wrote:

PS. It seems Netboot allows a DOS executable, either .COM or .EXE to be

>     linked with the bootrom kernel
> image and have that executable execute
>     as preboot prior to DOS loading.  Is it possible
> to have a senario where
>     the linked in executable can TFTP a data file from
> the TFTP daemon and
>     execute itself and use that downloaded data file
> all before DOS boots?
This becomes a chicken-and-the-egg problem.  IE:  The netboot
rom needs
the packet driver to initialize an IP stack in order to start making
BOOTP requests / TFTP downloads.

As for the rom size issue, does a bootable floppy disk pose an issue to you?

Crispin

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