Re: BIOS flashed etherboot will not start

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Lars Prieske wrote:
> On 11-Apr-00 Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > i managed to flash etherboot into an AWARD Bios on an ASUS P2B Mainbord,
> > following the instructions in the README.
> > However, the flashed code does not start. The system continues to
> boot
> > from Floppy/HD, no message from etherboot.
> > Even setting the boot option to "LAN/A/C" would not help.
This  seems the normal  function of  some award biose. See
earlier replies in the list.
>  
> >
> > I also checked that the PCI/Vendor IDs are correct ( $10B7, $9055
> ->
> > 3c905b-tpo100.rom ).
> > What would happen, if they don't match? Will etherboot start and
> report
> > 'no card found'?
> >
> > I used cbrom 2.04, Bios is v4.51PG, 1011, etherboot 4.5.7.
> >
There are some compilation switches on the  Award bios witch do not
allow to
add  code.  It seems that all code marked by  (A) 
if you use cbrom xxxx /d  is not
executed by the bios.
>  
> The bios version has to support oem bios. I have successfully patched
> a AWARD
> Bios of an ASUS P2B-N ACPI, but I needed the bios revision 1011. Earlier
> versions doesn't work.
Please run  cbrom  xxxxxxx /d   and have a look if
you have a output  line  like
?.  OEM0 CODE  xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxx   e100_m.rom
 Then you have a Bios with LAN support .   If 
not search on the award home page for
a newer bios Version with Lan support.   It seens they have
put it in a lot of newer
Versions.
Then remove the bios code  with cbrom  xxxxx  
/oem0   release
and add etherboot code with
 cbrom xxxxx /oem0  *.rom .  Now  enable LAN option
in the bios setup
 
Don't forget tho have a *.rom  version of etherboot with floppy
emergency boot enabled
for the first tests.

Bye Wolfgang
 
 

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