I wonder if anyone produces a rom card which could hold the dhcp code ?. Some plug in IDE cards used to have their own bios.. Maybe someone in the group might have time to experiment with a PCI prototype board ?. Maybe even me, as that level of hardware is fairly familiar to me. This would solve many problems.
Regards Shane Kai Schmidt wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "mslicker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kai Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Arthur H. Johnson II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 11:34 AM > Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Incredible Shrinking Motherboard > > > I was looking at it earlier in that day. I'm not sure but it appears to > > me that it is using an AWARD BIOS. > > Can you flash it with etherboot or something? I am not sure how etherboot > > works. > > I did flash other award bioses with etherboot, but of course the NIC VIA > VT6103 must be supported by etherboot. VIA Techn. adhere pretty much to > (linux) standards ... > >From a DOS bootable disk with tools AFLASH.exe and CBROM6.exe you can backup > the original bios to diskette and put in the NIC-Rom module from etherboot > (if any). Etherboot booting functionality is the present and LTSP will take > over. > > Kai > > > --Matthew > > > > > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Kai Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Arthur H. Johnson II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:11 PM > > > Subject: [Ltsp-discuss] Incredible Shrinking Motherboard > > > > > > > > > > Slashdot is running a story about a integrated Motherboard that is > half > > > > the size of FlexATX. Any chance of this having PXE on board? For 100 > > > > bones, this would make Terminal Servers even MORE cost effective. > > > > > > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/13/1531248 > > > > > > This mobo could very well become the "new ltsp-client HW"! After a short > > > lecture of the specs, I did not find bios details (award?, to put > etherboot > > > on) and do not know if the on board ethernet chip VIA VT6103 is > supported by > > > etherboot. But since "full range linux" is mentioned I think/hope lan > and > > > graphic should be ok. The VIA Eden processor and other componets seem > > > standard enough. > > > Is someone at the CeBit to check Via Technologies this? > > > > > > Ciao > > > > > > Kai > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
