Re: netboot 0.9.3 intel pro/100 (# 80) fails..

[Ata <ata@maderuelo.com>]

Please, look at :

".........http://www.han.de/~gero/netboot/archive/msg03703.html............."

Michael Stein wrote:
> 20020606104358.A6029@mas1.ats.ucla.edu">
> > /......./netboot/bootrom/netdrvr/pktdrvr/packet.S  (not setup.S).
> >     
>
> Do you mean add the one line:
>
> setmd5: mov     ah,#SET_RCV_MODE
>         mov     cx,#MODE_DIRECTED
> 	stc			<<<--- added
>         call    callpkt
>         jnc     setmd9
>         cmp     dh,#ERR_BAD_COMMAND
>         je      setmd9
>     
Not exactly. My code is:
---------------------------------------------------------
setmd5: mov     ah,#SET_RCV_MODE
        mov     cx,#MODE_DIRECTED
	stc
setmd6:  .....
.....
.....
.....cd /var
    
-----------------------------------------------------
    
Anything else at this tag.
    
> 20020606104358.A6029@mas1.ats.ucla.edu">
>
> I'll try it, but I don't see how that will help as I'm not getting any
> error message nor any packets being sent.  This change to the code is
> in the part which sets receive mode.  I'd guess it's possible that if
> setting receive mode fails then netboot just dies or loops.  But I would
> expect that netboot would either issue some error message about a failure
> or still send packets and then be unable to receive them
>       
 
> 20020606104358.A6029@mas1.ats.ucla.edu">
>
>
> Since I want to use a floppy to start a PXE boot I need 0.9.3 or else
> I'd have to have support multiple ways to boot.  New machines can boot
> PXE right from their BIOS, this is to enable old machines to use the
> same PXE server by being booted from a floppy.
>
> A third case is to have a modified netboot which allows overriding the
> TFTP server host manually to allow booting a machine from a server on
> a different subnet without any boot "helpers".  This part doesn't need
> PXE support, but I'd rather have the latest netboot (or at least the
> same netboot).
>
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