Thread: [Etherboot-developers] Rom-o-matic feature request
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From: Paolo S. <al...@io...> - 2003-08-21 12:29:18
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Hi all!
The new etherboot should allow to build auto-detecting floppy
("etherboot", "etherboot-pci"); can this feature be usable also from the
rom-o-matic web site?
It would be really useful to produce auto-detecting boot floppy! (ie
"etherboot.zdsk")
Bye!
Paolo
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From: Paolo S. <al...@io...> - 2003-08-22 04:20:49
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Hi all!
The new etherboot should allow to build auto-detecting floppy
("etherboot", "etherboot-pci"); can this feature be usable also from the
rom-o-matic web site?
It would be really useful to produce auto-detecting boot floppy! (ie
"etherboot.zdsk")
Bye!
Paolo
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From: Marty C. <ma...@et...> - 2003-08-22 23:17:13
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On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Paolo Salvan wrote:
> The new etherboot should allow to build auto-detecting floppy
> ("etherboot", "etherboot-pci"); can this feature be usable also from
> the
> rom-o-matic web site?
I'm sure we can do something. Since it's not in the Roms file, we'd
probably have to hack a special case for it. I'll take a look at it
next chance I get. The suggestion has also been made that we support
compound-Rom building. (that is images with more than one target NIC in
them). It's an interesting idea, and might work from floppy and lilo,
there may be BIOS issues, where the BIOS needs the PCI IDs of the image
on the ROM to match. There is a possible way to deal with this in the
BSS BIOS spec, but then some BIOSes might not support it.
Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, and I'll see what my staff thinks
of it.
Marty
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From: Marty C. <ma...@et...> - 2003-08-23 10:46:13
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On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 07:17 PM, Marty Connor wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Paolo Salvan wrote:
>> The new etherboot should allow to build auto-detecting floppy
>> ("etherboot", "etherboot-pci"); can this feature be usable also from
>> the
>> rom-o-matic web site?
> Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, and I'll see what my staff thinks
> of it.
I should have put a big smiley :) behind that. Or better a wink ;)
Lest people actually think there is a department of people here working
on Etherboot, rather than a globally distributed dedicated group of
professionals who give of their copious free time to support Free
Software and make the world a better place (as well as work on a really
cool project! ;)
I was just writing to Ken:
"... When I do the LinuxWorld shows, knowing that there are people in
the world who respect and depend on Etherboot is a great source of
comfort and strength. I missed the mingling and non-directed thinking I
used to do before at shows. But being in the booth and making direct
contact with our "customers" is such an important thing that even after
3 years and six shows, I always look forward to the next one, and what
improvements we can bring to the table. "
I probably should write more. I often find email (and writing in
general) a dissatisfyingly uni-dimensionsal half-duplex, and
unexpressive medium, in general. But it is what it is, and I do my best
with it. It has its good points too.
As a wrap-up to LinuxWorld Expo (pictures at http://www.thinguin.org/ )
I'd like to thank everyone who is associated with the Etherboot project
for your support. I'd like to thank Markus for taking time from work to
help in the booth and hack on the http: download stuff. So many people
come up to the booth and say nice things about us. BIOS vendors are
getting interested in adding Etherboot as an option. I need to
follow-up with them.
In the four years I have been helping with Etherboot, we've seen some
really excellent things happen, and it's worth checking out
http://www.etherboot.org/doc/html/userman/acknowledgements.html to see
all the people who have given a little (or much more) of themselves to
make Etherboot as useful as it is.
Ken is good at modestly thanking others, but let me say that the last
four years of Etherboot hacking have been a great privilege, and
hopefully, people appreciate both the code and the sense of fun.
Thanks to everyone, and I can't wait to see what we come up with next!
Marty
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From: <ja...@Mc...> - 2003-08-23 13:36:33
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On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Marty Connor wrote:
> On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 07:17 PM, Marty Connor wrote:
> > On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Paolo Salvan wrote:
> >> The new etherboot should allow to build auto-detecting floppy
> >> ("etherboot", "etherboot-pci"); can this feature be usable also from
> >> the
> >> rom-o-matic web site?
>
> > Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, and I'll see what my staff thinks
> > of it.
I just figured you were talking about Pete :)
Keep up the great work Marty.
Jim.
>
> I should have put a big smiley :) behind that. Or better a wink ;)
>
> Lest people actually think there is a department of people here working
> on Etherboot, rather than a globally distributed dedicated group of
> professionals who give of their copious free time to support Free
> Software and make the world a better place (as well as work on a really
> cool project! ;)
>
> I was just writing to Ken:
>
> "... When I do the LinuxWorld shows, knowing that there are people in
> the world who respect and depend on Etherboot is a great source of
> comfort and strength. I missed the mingling and non-directed thinking I
> used to do before at shows. But being in the booth and making direct
> contact with our "customers" is such an important thing that even after
> 3 years and six shows, I always look forward to the next one, and what
> improvements we can bring to the table. "
>
> I probably should write more. I often find email (and writing in
> general) a dissatisfyingly uni-dimensionsal half-duplex, and
> unexpressive medium, in general. But it is what it is, and I do my best
> with it. It has its good points too.
>
> As a wrap-up to LinuxWorld Expo (pictures at http://www.thinguin.org/ )
> I'd like to thank everyone who is associated with the Etherboot project
> for your support. I'd like to thank Markus for taking time from work to
> help in the booth and hack on the http: download stuff. So many people
> come up to the booth and say nice things about us. BIOS vendors are
> getting interested in adding Etherboot as an option. I need to
> follow-up with them.
>
> In the four years I have been helping with Etherboot, we've seen some
> really excellent things happen, and it's worth checking out
> http://www.etherboot.org/doc/html/userman/acknowledgements.html to see
> all the people who have given a little (or much more) of themselves to
> make Etherboot as useful as it is.
>
> Ken is good at modestly thanking others, but let me say that the last
> four years of Etherboot hacking have been a great privilege, and
> hopefully, people appreciate both the code and the sense of fun.
>
> Thanks to everyone, and I can't wait to see what we come up with next!
>
> Marty
>
>
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