[Etherboot-users] AWARD BIOS and etherboot module integration - PROBLEM

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AWARD BIOS and  etherboot module integration - PROBLEM

Hello (and sorry please my English)

I have 4 old pentium PCs with AWARD Modulas BIOS-es 4.51PG (+-1996)
(2x chiset Triton II (430VX), 1x Triton 1 (430FX) and 1x VIA 570)

I´m NOT able to integrate *.zrom modules into motherboard BIOS-es.

First - after making place (if necessary)- i.e.:
- cbrom215 bios.bin /other 1000:0000 release (it is aha7850.16k) and
- cbrom215 bios.bin /other 0800:0000 release (it is ncr306.16k)

I get enough place -> adding module:

- cbrom215 bios.bin /isa ne.zrm D000:0000	XOR
- ...               /other ...			XOR
- ...		    /pci rtl8029.zrm		XOR
- ...		    /pci rtl8029.zrm D000:0000	XOR
- ...		    /other rtl8029.zrm D000:0000

-- "original" names are (from rom-o-matic.org):
eb-5[1].4.3-ns8390--ne--No_Delayed_INT.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-ns8390--ne.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8029--NO_DELAYED_INT--pci_direct.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8029--NO_DELAYED_INT.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8029--PCI_DIRECT--INT18.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8029--PCI_DIRECT.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8029.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8139--CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT--INT18.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8139--CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT--NO_DELAYET_INT.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8139--CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT.zrom
eb-5[1].4.3-rtl8139.zrom

... an many other variants - different drivers,
variants (with/out NO_DELAYED_INT, CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT, ...),
lokations (C800:0000), ...


NOTHING help


 By 2 PC's - after freeing space (and adding etherboot module) ->
 - modbin says: "CHECKSUM Error" - and when I try to flash them anyway
 (with awdflash),  then the flash utility crash (after loading .BIN file
 - before asking  to flash Y/N)
 - I thing -it is the moment, when awdflash computes/checks the CHECKSUM.

 By other 2 PC's freeing space and inserting module seems to go OK.
 I flash it in AWARD BIOS, restart the computer .... and NOTHING.

 It is like if the module is not there at all- NO reaction or message
 on monitor when booting
 - just NOTHING happens - The PC's boot from FD/HDD. And if I disable 
 them - then PC stops with "No system disk or ... "

 I tryed unde MS-DOS 6.2 to run i.e. HWINFO - there are no BIOS extensions listed
 I tryed also MS-DOS utility "debug" to DUMP locations like D000:0000, ....
 - there are all "FF FF FF FF ......"

 In Norton Commander I have viewed (in hex) the module - i.e. ne.zrom - it seem to by
 OK - It begins with 55 AA 40 (32K bios module) followed also with strings like
 "...Etherboot...", ...

 I tryed also to search them in memory (again with debug utility)
 in all 64K segments C000 - F000 - there is NOTHING
 -i.e. "- s D000:0 ffff 55 aa 40" (or byte representation of string Etherboot, ..)
 NOTHING, NOTHING,NOTHING,NOTHING, ....

 => I thing, that the module is not im BIOS at all 
 (even if cbrom215 bios.bin /D says YES)
 Or the module is from BIOS not decompressed or is damaged.
 It is not possible to find in memory (debug) either the 55AA prefix, or any
 substring (i.e. from etherboot)

 there is NOTHIG - also I'm not suprized, that the main BIOS cann not 
 find an initialize this BIOS extension - > .... :-///


-- !!! *.zdsk variants works of course fine !!!

 Can someone HELP ME PLEASE? I get CRAZY !

 Where is the Problem ? What am I doing wrong ?

 Thanks for replay.

 Karel Petranek     ka...@se...