Bill Broadley wrote: > We've been going mad trying to get our new Asus MES-N + etherboot-4.2 prom > diskless linux boxes to boot. > > If we insert a ps/2 mouse it won't boot, the BIOS claims the ethernet > card is on the irq we select (i.e. 5,7,9,10 or similiar), but it seems > to be conflicting with the mouse (usually at 12). We have tried a significant > number of changes to try to get this to work. > > Any ideas if it's a hardware problem? Bios? Etherboot config? > Or similiar? > > Basically what happens is: > Etheretboot/32 version 4.2.5 for [RTL8139] > Found SMC E210/10 at 0xA800, ROM address 0X0000000 > Probing...[RTL8139]RTL8139 driver for etherboot-4.2 I/O A800 00:E):29:53:25:F8 > Searching for server (DHCP)... > My IP 169.237.99.138, Server IP 169.237.99.55, GW IP 169.237.99.254 > Loading /tftpboot/lts/vmlinuz.rt8139 ... <sleep > <sleep> > ... > What do you use. Floppyboot? I run a lot of teste with MES-N . All woks perfect without one main problem. It is not possible to put etherboot to the Award Bios with cbrom. The MES-N has a Intel 82558 NIC , so I use eepro100 etherboot with no problems.. Try this instead of RTL8139. Have you put the RTL8139 code to the Bios with cbrom.? Please report cbrom version and options. Wolfgang =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Rapp Informatik Systeme GmbH <info@rapp-informatik.de> To get help about this list, send a mail with 'help' as the only string in it's body to majordomo@baghira.han.de. If you have problems with this list, send a mail to netboot-owner@baghira.han.de.
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