Re: EPROM for 3c905b

[Ken Yap <ken@nlc.net.au>]

>We have just succeeded installing diskless stations using floppy. Now, we 
>would like to achieve and start using the EPROM or EEPROM on the NIC but we 
>still have some open questions:
>
>1) Where can I find specification of the EPROM or EEPROM for a 3c905b NIC in
>order to achieve it? 2) I suppose the memory size of the EPROM should have a
>minimum of 32k in order to boot the rom image  distributed by etherboot, is 
>this correct?

I believe there is a list in 3c90x.txt. You need an EEPROM, not an
EPROM, I think 29C512 or 29C010 is required. Also in the archives of
this mailing list was a post by a 3Com person listing the suitable chips.
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