Re: Summary: BIOS flashed etherboot will not start

[Dirk von Suchodoletz <dirk@goe.net>]

> Maybe we should put a word of warning into the README. Especially the
> paragraph:
> 
> "Newer mainboards that have an AWARD-BIOS can use etherboot without
>      seperate EPROMS and therefore without the necessity of having a
>      EPROM-programmer[?]."

Or, if you dont mind hot plugging: Get a flash of the same size, backup
your original bios to it and have fun experimenting with the other. This
is the way I working on it. (But I have to say, that we have every time
about twenty boards of same type at once on our computer laboratory)
 
> is somewhat misleading.
> Flashing the BIOS is always a (small) risk. Flashing with unsupported,
> hacked BIOS-Image is _dangerous_ and may render your PC unbootable.
> If you don't have access to a prom-burner you should stay away from
> experimenting.
 
> Now for the fun part: Today i received a new computer with a 3c905c NIC
> with EEPROM. I used cromutil to program etherboot 4.5.7 into it and it
> worked at once!
> I think this is the better way to go than trying to patch the BIOS.

The unfunny part with this NIC is, the trouble I had with it under Linux.
After a while of heavy traffic it looses the network connection. Tried
with the Becker driver and the driver provided from 3COM :-(

So long,
	  Dirk

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