Dirk von Suchodoletz wrote: > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > Hi, did you tried the newest bios version from the asus server? I had > problems with older versions which did not work. Rapp Informatik told that > there is a compile time flag which should be set during bios compilation. > If its not present the modification with etherboot does not work. > > With all newer boards (gigabyte, abit, aopen, pcchips) I did not have any > problems. If the PCI-Id does not match, nothing happens... > > So long, > Dirk Yes, 1011 is the latest version available on the ASUS Server. What about the cbrom command line switches? I haven't tried /oem by now. But it is not mentioned in your text. Heinrich =========================================================================== This Mail was sent to netboot mailing list by: Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@comm.uni-bremen.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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