Jim McQuillan wrote: [...] > The newer EZNET card also has the same chipset, but it has a > 32-pin eprom socket. When I pop the card into a Linux box, > I see that it is using the same PCI Vendor and Product ID's > as the older card. [...] > I would like to try the same Etherboot driver with it, but > I don't know what type of eprom to buy for it. It needs > to have 32-pins. No it doesn't - the 32 pin socket is needed for Flash ROMs. However, the socket is wired in such a way that a 28 pin EPROM will do the job just as well if you plug it in aligned at the BOTTOM (very important!). At least this is what the socket on my Longshine LCS-8038TX-R works (don't let the number confuse you, it's a RTL8139 based card). I have many cards with just a 28pin socket soldered into the 32pin design. Generally it's a waste of money if you put a 27C010 in there - either use a 27C256 from some ancient mainboard or use a Flash ROM from some more recent mainboard. If you can get a 5V programmable Flash chip (commonly used in boards which need no jumper fiddling to flash the BIOS - basically all non-ancient Pentium boards), you might eventually be able to program it without removing the ROM - once someone writes the programming tool... =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Klaus Espenlaub <espenlaub@informatik.uni-ulm.de> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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