Re: Etherboot in Award Bios

[Dirk von Suchodoletz <dirk@goe.net>]

Hi,
	probably we should add to the readme section dealing with AWARD:
"In many cases you have to enable the bootrom option of your ethernet
adaptor to make etherboot recognise the card even no PROM socket exists."

So long,
	  Dirk


> > 6. NCR-ROM[A]
> > 7. RTL8139.ROM[B]
> > 
> > If I remove the NCR-PCI code, my rtl8139.rom gets the [A]. Is the bootrom
> > of your network adaptor enabled (even without rom in it)? In my cases it
> > only works, if the bootrom is enabled via card setup. In other cases
> > nothing happens.
> OOOOPS! No, it is an onboard network card. There is no prom socket, so I
> never thought about enabling an bootrom. Intresting Idea. I just try it now ;)
> 
> (Oooops: BRB, Just testing it NOW)
> 
> Woooooops! That did the job! You're a 100% real etherboot wizard!
> I never thought of enabling a nonexisting bootrom on an onboard realtek
> chip. 
> 
> klaus
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