Re: Using a Bootrom image from the command line?

[Geert.Stappers@xs4all.nl (Geert Stappers)]

On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 07:57:03PM +0200, Harald Milz wrote:
> 
> In addition to what I was asking before (loading pxelinux.0 from whatever),
> does anybody have a DOS tool to load a raw bootrom image e.g. during
> DOS config.sys? I've got a PXE capable boot rom for a RTL8139 card but
> currently no way to flash it into the card (being a cheap one with a
> socket but no flash). Realtek offers a PXE boot rom for free download with
> and without the full PXE stack. The one with the PXE stack should do what I
> want. Now how do I load it from a floppy? Writing a small DOS tool which
> loads the image, jumps to its entry point after "55AA" and making it
> resident is not a problem but maybe somebody did that before. 


Are you aware of the Etherboot project ( http://www.etherboot.org ) ?
They provide "floppy images"

> 
> TIA!
> 


HTH


Geert Stappers

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