+1 I would like to take one step further. Can we do using ROM-O-Matic web tool?
I'm very thankful to the ROM-O-Matic web tool. This makes possible gPXE testing and even deployment to people like I that doesn't have a linux permanent machine with development enviroment and/or enough linux skills. Regards Juan Belmonte 2010/11/6 Huan Truong <[email protected]> > Hi everyone -- > > I'm running into another tough problem. Initially I used to netboot by > 3com 100Mbps cards. > > As I was advancing on gPXE, I realized that I can flash the Boot ROM to > the Option ROM area of the BIOS to make the gigabit LAN-On-Motherboard > work without the need for 3com cards. However, flashing the Option ROM > on my Dell stations -- while it works -- it is too dangerous, as my > Dells don't have a backup BIOS chip or anything to recover from a bad > BIOS flash. So I decided to have 3com 905 cards to serve as dummy > ROM-carriers for my gigabit LOM. It works, but there is one > inconvenience about it is that doing so will make the 3com cards not > self-hosting -- they can't boot by themselves anymore, but have to > depend on something else to boot. > > I wonder if I can cram both the driver for the 3com card and the driver > for the Gigabit LOM (tg3) into one ROM file. This would make the 3com > cards self-hosting (if no compatible LOM is found). Anyone has done that > -- if that's at all possible. I'm willing to apply some hacks, but gPXE > makefile is kind of too big and confusing to me. > _______________________________________________ > gPXE mailing list > [email protected] > http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe > -- Un saludo ____________________________________ Juan Belmonte
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