I have never set up a bootrom before, but I'll follow along: On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 05:48:13AM -0000, amol ambekar wrote: > > i am using rtl8139 NIC(32 pin socket)
ok > i am using eprom chip with no M27c256B (28 pin) ok, the Etherboot site seems to recommend these > i have burned rtl8139.lzrom from rom-o-matic to my chip. how big was the rtl8139.lzrom file? also, there is an interesting note on http://etherboot.berlios.de/doc/html/userman-7.html about it being sometimes necessary to use a "swapdevids.pl" script to fix the PnP header of the bootrom in some cases when you see this kind of issue. > i have put the chip on NIC. since it is a 28-pin chip in a 32-pin socket, is it in the right way? I think the notches need to point the same way, and the notch-side of the chip needs to be all the way at the notch-end of the socket. is this a correct guess? > i have given option to boot from lan in bios this may or may not be correct - since your NIC has an "option ROM", is there a separate option for "booting from an option ROM"? as far as your BIOS knows, you are not necessarily booting from your LAN. > i have enabled the NIC for eprom using rset8139.exe ok > but my computer while booting does not go to NIC > it directly boots from HD which is the second boot device. what happens if you remove the hard drive? maybe you'll get a better error. also, are you able to see the bootrom code in memory? I could test this with MS-DOS Debug by typing: ---cut--> debug l bootrom.bin d (it will show the first part of bootrom.bin) d cc00:0000 (it will show what is in memory there) q <--cut--- though I don't know exactly where the bootrom code will show up. > IT'as URGENT we'll try - but is it really urgent? you're working on something you have never done before, and it has never worked. so it isn't preventing employees from working or preventing global thermonuclear war. but we are here to help. Good luck, - Jake -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Scholarships for Techies! Can't afford IT training? All 2003 ictp students receive scholarships. Get hands-on training in Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, Linux/UNIX, and more. www.ictp.com/training/sourceforge.asp _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
