[Etherboot-users] [LTSP-Discuss] Re: BIOS + etherboot problem

[Anselm M. H. <ans...@ho...>]

Hello Martin,


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> in one of "my" schools we have 3 Clinet-PCs with an "unfriendly" BIOS:

> * if the BIOS is set to boot from C: then etherboot is ignored.
> * if the BIOS is set to boot from network, then etherboot works, but
>   pressing "L" for booting from local harddisk in the etherboot menu
>   does not work.

> The Network-Card is a PCI Card with rtl8139

> has anyone else noticed a BIOS with such an behaviour ?
> I wonder if an BIOS update will help.


If you can, set your boot priority in Bios to "Network"->"C:" - I'd
expect the "local" boot of etherboot to work then.

You might try to play with 5.1.8 - I don't know wether the boot_disk
method used there is independent from BIOS solutions.

In 5.0.x, you would still have the chance to use an "etherboot menu" -
with CAN_BOOT_DISK and specifying "/dev/hda" as boot filename menu
option you should be able to accomplish a dual boot. At least for us
this works just fine - though I have to admit we use a self-made menu
(with 320x200 logo graphics and so) and not that included with
etherboot.

Best regards,
 Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
 Stockholm Projekt Computer-Service
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