rom-o-matic.net updated 4.7.24-mc2 loader.S + new tulip driver

[Marty Connor <mdc@thinguin.org>]

Greetings fans of Network Booting,

I have updated http://rom-o-matic.net/ with a new test version of 
Etherboot which has a rewritten Tulip driver and incorporates a recent 
patch to the loader.S code which may help people whose BIOSes were not 
recognizing their ROMs in earlier development releases.

We are now very close to the release of the next production release of 
Etherboot, version 5.0.  So now would be a great time to test the latest 
production release.  

Using http://rom-o-matic.net/ you can build a customised Etherboot image 
in about 5 seconds.  For example, to create a floppy bootable image for a 
tulip or clone card, just select "tulip" from the "NIC/ROM Type" menu, 
and "Floppy Bootable ROM Image" from the "Output Format" menu, and press 
"Get ROM".  Save the image to disk when prompted.  

If should be called something like "eb-4.7.24-mc2-tulip.lzdsk".  
(MIE/Windows users, please read the note on the site about how to work 
around an MIE bug when downloading images).

Now copy your image to a blank formatted floppy with:

   cat eb-4.7.24-mc2-tulip.lzdsk > /dev/fd0

and try booting a machine with it.  

If you're using DOS/Windows you can use the RAWRITE program to write the 
floppy image to a floppy.  RAWRITE is usually on Linux installation CDs 
as well as at the usual Linux distribution sites like Red Hat and 
Debian's ftp sites.

Many Thanks to all the people who have given us (and will give us) 
feedback on the development versions of Etherboot.  Your reward will be a 
solid new production release.


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   Name: Marty Connor
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