Rapp Informatik Systeme GmbH wrote:
> > Ok, the cbrom 2.04 did work: no excessive beeping after power on ;).
> > But, as you said: blowing in the wind, no change in bootup...
> If you use cbrom /d and find the Etherboot code marked with [A] it seems then
> the code is not executed by the bios. Award told me that there is a complie switch
> on the BIOS's to prevent this and new cbrom will show this.
> Try to get a newer Bios version then my be it works.
> If you have SCSI PCI extension in your Bios it may work by removing the SCSI Bios
> and replacing it by etherboot.
Next board (Soyo LI7100, nice thing for $500), next try: My cbrom reads:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CBROM V2.04A (C)Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved.
******** soyo.bin BIOS component ********
No. Item-Name Original-Size Compressed-Size Original-File-Name
================================================================================
0. System BIOS 20000h(128.00K) 12E76h(75.62K) 7IWL4AA1.BIN
1. XGROUP CODE 0B0B0h(44.17K) 0792Fh(30.30K) awardext.rom
2. CPU micro code 00800h(2.00K) 00827h(2.04K) CPUCODE.BIN
3. ACPI table 02B55h(10.83K) 011FFh(4.50K) ACPITBL.BIN
4. EPA pattern 00642h(1.56K) 002A1h(0.66K) AWARDEPA.BIN
5. VGA ROM[1] 08000h(32.00K) 04F57h(19.83K) i810.vga
6. VRS ROM 00D46h(3.32K) 00892h(2.14K) c:\bios\cbrom\pbva130e.bin
7. PCI driver[A] 04000h(16.00K) 02311h(8.77K) rtl8139.rom
Total compress code space = 4D000h(308.00K)
Total compressed code size = 23F66h(143.85K)
Remain compress code space = 2909Ah(164.15K)
** Micro Code Information **
Update ID CPUID ¦ Update ID CPUID ¦ Update ID CPUID ¦ Update ID CPUID
------------------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
PPGA 03 0665 ¦
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
my etherboot says: NOTHING. Hrmpf. As I understood: the [A] means, that pci
extensions are disabled at compile time?
What shall I do? I'm definitely no BIOS wizard...
klaus
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