Re: netboot with pcmcia cards ?

[Harald Milz <milz@seneca.muc.de>]

Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de> wrote:

> mnemonic@subnet.at wrote:
>>   Since netboot is DOS based I thought one could involve a DOS pcmcia
>>   driver and then hook up a pcmcia NIC driver.
>>   Is this possible or am I completely wrong here ?

> Theoretically, it should work, but I've never tried it myself. The
> problem would be to load the PCMCIA driver _before_ the network driver,
> as this is not sopported by netboot. The network driver always has to
> come first.

A possibility might be a BIOS which provides rudimentary support for
PCMCIA, like the Libretto BIOS which can boot from a PCMCIA floppy. 

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