Re: [Etherboot-users] Multiple NICs with etherboot

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ke...@et... (Ken Yap) writes:

> >I have a Compaq deskpro with built in eepro100 which uses the LANDesk 
> >service agent (II) 0.99 firmware which by reputation is buggy and by 
> >experiance won't play nice with pxe/tftp.
> >I have disabled in BIOS this built card and fitted a new eepro100 with 
> >UNDI PXE-1.0 pxe f/w, BUT and heres the snag, both etherboot(5.0.11) and 
> >linux still recognise the disabled card and make it eth0.
> >
> >How to I set up etherboot / DHCP to get etherboot to load the new (2nd) 
> >NIC instead of the built-in ??
> 
> How about putting in a replacement NIC of a different type?

Either that or just boot of the ``disabled'' NIC.

If you really want control of the boot order
-DBOOT_FIRST=BOOT_NIC
-DBOOT_INDEX=1
-DBOOT_SECOND=BOOT_NIC

Will ask etherboot to boot off of the second NIC in the
system and if that fails try whichever NICs it finds.

I build the policy primarily for use with LinuxBIOS where I can
set the order in the CMOS but the policyies should work compiled in as well.

Eric