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Re: Problems with etherboot and Boot prompt.



Charlie Brady wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Andrew Coulthurst wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone had a problem with etherboot-4.0 and the boot from network
> > prompt ??
> >
> > On my machine the machine hangs if I select N. ( that is , continue with
> > normal boot from floppy/harddisk ).
> 
> Yes, I have this problem now. DOS boots fine if I select N (normal boot
> from HD). Win95 hangs however. I have no idea what is different about the
> way that Win95 boots, but there is a difference. Does anyone have any
> ideas?
> 
> I am using the 32bit compile of etherboot-4.0, BTW.
> 
> Charlie Brady - Telstra  |internet: cbrady@ind.tansu.com.au
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I have a similar problem using a netboot-0-7.3 eprom on a 3c905-TX. DOS
and NT boot fine if i choose local boot, but WIN95 hangs for some
minutes and then resets the PC. I *think* i have read somewhere that
WIN95 doesn't like fully initialized NICs when booting??
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Heinrich Rebehn

University of Bremen
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