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Re: Rom Size..



Hans Johnson wrote:
> 
> Couple of  Quick Questions..
> 
> I found a 64KB ROM chip lying around.. can I use it for etherboot, even
> though the actuall rom image is much smaller? (The chip appears to be an
> old 27C64 EPROM).... it reads 2764, has the window, and is a 28 Pin
> package...
> 
> Secondly, if I do use it, would I config the ethernet card for a 64kbyte
> ROM, or one smaller?
> 
> Thanks for your time,
Hi Hans,

I'm afraid the 27C64 is a 64KBit EPROM, which is only 8 KByte. This
might however be enough for a compressed etherboot image.

Heinrich

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