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Re: 3c905c support needed for etherboot




>I've been using netboot to boot Linux from a Linux server, but now i
>needed to boot DOS, i've tryed so many times, and i was happy doing
>this. But, i need to load the HIMEM.SYS, and when i try to do that, it
>fails on loading TCP. Is there a way to load HIMEM.SYS booting DOS from
>a Linux Server??

This is in netboot-0.8.1/doc/INSTALL:

        If you have trouble starting DOS from the network but not from a
        boot diskette with the same setup, you should try to add the
        following switch to the himem.sys call:

                /testmem:off
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