Re: [Etherboot-users] etherboot pci wifi

[Carl K. <ca...@pe...>]

Hermann Gausterer wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 10:29:38AM -0300, Timothy Legge wrote:
> 
>>The Prism based DLW-520 (I believe) will boot via etherboot with a
>>floppy.  If you have a spare pci slot, a cheapo rtl8139 can be used to
>>hold the rom for the prism chip to allow it to boot without a floppy.
> 
> 
> or as a advanced user, you would first try to boot with a floppy,
> and if that works, add etherboot to the system bios chip. :-)
> so it works without additional hardware
> 
> let us know how it works!

Wait.. you can add etherboot to the system bios chip?  Like the Mother Board Bios? 
  and so the NIC would still have an empty eprom socket?

(I am excited)

So is it specific for the NIC, or can it be generic for any NIC plugged into the 
PCI buss?

Carl K