Re: PCI cards and Phoenix BIOS

[Simeon Walker <simeon@sbs.bangor.ac.uk>]

Hi,
    If you are using the 3Com packet driver for the 3C905TX in the
bootrom then I believe that it will not work. The current range
of Fast Etherlink XL cards need a new packet driver that 3Com say
will be available Q3 98. I can at least confirm that my existing
bootroms will not work with the latest 3Com cards we had sent :-(

Simeon

Alex Harin wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I've got a problem using PCI cards, namely Intel 82558 and 3com905B,
> on certain makes of motheboards that use Phoenix Bios 4.0 Release 6.0,
> like Intel MU440EX. The bios does not seem to be detecting bootrom at all.
> 
> I have tryed both etherboot 4.0 with eepro100 patches and netboot 8.1.
> The same cards with the same PROM's boot perfectly well in other systems.
> 
> I have contacted the manufacturer and they say that the same BIOS
> does detects commercial BootRoms.
> 
> Has anybody experienvced a similar problem?
> 
> Your help will be greatly appreciated,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex
> 
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