>a rom-o-matic floppy imitates the behaviour of an Etherboot boot ROM. It is meant for
>users, like yourself,
> who do not have a boot ROM for their network adapters or network
>adapters without a boot ROM socket.
>
> A rom-o-matic boot floppy and a boot ROM are normally mutually exclusive. If you
>have one you don't need the one.
Before asking you, i read the documentation and spent two days tying to
do what you say. But my network adapter (3c509B-TPO) refused
everything i tried. The led on the switch a the other end of the cable didn't
even light : the network adapter is not activated by the floppy (i tried all the
functions of rom-o-matic).
Finally I found a 3C905B-TX with a boot ROM socket, with no ROM in it.
And it works : the led on the switch is on and the workstation searches for
a DHCP server.
Could it be that the 3c509B-TPO , not having a socket, doesn't recognize
instructions of boot ROM included in the boot floppy ?
All my workstations have these 509 adapters. Do i have to change them
all ?
Thanks to all of you for answering me, i was a bit upset by this
troublesome adapter.
Romain Surleau.
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