Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx, rtl8139a rtl8139d bootrom?

2005-07-07 Thread vla99
Verner Kjærsgaard schrieb: Dear Manfred and list, please elaborate on the details... Hi, i tried to translate my howto into english, please test it and give me a feedback ! http://www.infracity.de/pxe/ Manfred --- SF.Net email is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx, rtl8139a rtl8139d bootrom?

2005-07-03 Thread Christian Vlah
Verner Kjærsgaard schrieb: Tirsdag 28 juni 2005 15:49 skrev Christian Vlah: Alistair Crust schrieb: I work at a small school in the UK and Iv'e been having problems getting the above cards to boot. I've programmed some TS27C256Q with the correct zrom from rom-o-matic place the rom in the car

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx, rtl8139a rtl8139d bootrom?

2005-07-03 Thread Verner Kjærsgaard
Tirsdag 28 juni 2005 15:49 skrev Christian Vlah: > Alistair Crust schrieb: > > I work at a small school in the UK and Iv'e been having problems getting > > the above cards to boot. > > > > I've programmed some TS27C256Q with the correct zrom from rom-o-matic > > place the rom in the card and noth

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx, rtl8139a rtl8139d bootrom?

2005-06-28 Thread Christian Vlah
Alistair Crust schrieb: I work at a small school in the UK and Iv'e been having problems getting the above cards to boot. I've programmed some TS27C256Q with the correct zrom from rom-o-matic place the rom in the card and nothing, bios skips it and just asks for bootable media, yes the bois i

[Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx, rtl8139a rtl8139d bootrom?

2005-06-28 Thread Alistair Crust
Hi I work at a small school in the UK and Iv'e been having problems getting the above cards to boot. I've programmed some TS27C256Q with the correct zrom from rom-o-matic place the rom in the card and nothing, bios skips it and just asks for bootable media, yes the bois is set to boot from netwo

[Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b

2003-08-14 Thread garry saddington
Does anyone know how to enable the bootrom on these nics? thanks garry --- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b

2003-08-05 Thread Edward Holcroft
As far I know there is a bug in the 3c905b that prevents parts of the bootrom above 8k from being read. There is apparently a workaround, see http://www.han.de/~gero/netboot/archive/msg01394.html but I have never tried it - far easier to stick with what works. cheers ed On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 00:2

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-25 Thread Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
Hallo Mario, > I trying to boot over network for 2 weeks now. The only way to realize is > the use of a floppydisk. > But I want a diskless terminal. > I use following nic's: 3C905B-TX(Image: eb-5[1].0.9-3c905b-tpo100.lzrom) > and 3C905C-TX-M (Image: eb-5[1].0.9-3c905c-tpo.lzrom) > 3C905B-TX: >

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-25 Thread Josiah Ritchie
[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripted :: >EPROM and EEPROM are different semiconductor technologies. EPROMs >require a higher voltage than normal to program and can only be erased >by UV light. You can tell an EPROM by the quartz window on the top of >the chip, unless it's one of those one time programmables

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-24 Thread ken_yap
>>You cannot burn EPROMS with a NIC because the card does not supply the voltage >>needed for the programming process of the eprom. >> >>flash memory (e.g. AT29C512 or AT29C010) can be programmed onboard of the 3COM >>905b-TX NIC. So you have to prove if flash memory can be used with your NICs,

Re[2]: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-24 Thread Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
Hello Josiah, Tuesday, June 24, 2003, 10:15:58 PM, you wrote: >>You cannot burn EPROMS with a NIC because the card does not supply the voltage >>needed for the programming process of the eprom. >> >>flash memory (e.g. AT29C512 or AT29C010) can be programmed onboard of the 3COM >>905b-TX NIC. So

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-24 Thread Josiah Ritchie
>You cannot burn EPROMS with a NIC because the card does not supply the voltage >needed for the programming process of the eprom. > >flash memory (e.g. AT29C512 or AT29C010) can be programmed onboard of the 3COM >905b-TX NIC. So you have to prove if flash memory can be used with your NICs, >in c

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-24 Thread Kai Wollweber
On 24 Jun 2003 at 15:26, Josiah Ritchie wrote: > >3.) The Flash ROM can be programmed while mounted on the card. An eprom > >programmer is not needed. Use the Linux program 3c90xutil/bromutil for this. > >You will find it in the etherboot package. > > Can I program an ne2000 rom in a 3C90x > slot?

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-24 Thread Josiah Ritchie
>3.) The Flash ROM can be programmed while mounted on the card. An eprom >programmer is not needed. Use the Linux program 3c90xutil/bromutil for this. >You will find it in the etherboot package. Are you serious?? Here I've been sitting trying to figure out where to get little mini-harddrives...

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-24 Thread Kai Wollweber
On 24 Jun 2003 at 13:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I use following nic's: 3C905B-TX(Image: eb-5[1].0.9-3c905b-tpo100.lzrom) This image is the right one. > I tried eproms from different vendors (Intel - D27C512 -120, Atmel - > AT27C512 -15, NEC - D27C512D -15 ,...) but nothing works. > When I s

[Ltsp-discuss] 3c905b-tx / 3c905c-tx-m / eproms

2003-06-24 Thread Mario . Wetzel
Hello together I trying to boot over network for 2 weeks now. The only way to realize is the use of a floppydisk. But I want a diskless terminal. I use following nic's: 3C905B-TX(Image: eb-5[1].0.9-3c905b-tpo100.lzrom) and 3C905C-TX-M (Image: eb-5[1].0.9-3c905c-tpo.lzrom) 3C905B-TX: I tried epr