[Etherboot-developers] Postcard from Texas

[Marty C. <md...@th...>]

My wife and I had a nice long weekend in Arlington Texas, and are now 
heading back to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

It was actually very relaxing to be away, and the quiet early mornings 
proved ideal for some hacking and cleanup work on Etherboot and updating 
rom-o-matic.net. I'm refreshed and excited to get back, and look forward 
to some of the projects we have in the queue.

Etherboot is growing like a tree, with interesting new leaves and 
branches.  It's quite delightful to see all the new ways people are 
utilizing the technology.  I think the PXE stuff is great because it 
allows people who might now have been able to try Etherboot easily to 
load it using built-in BIOS or (in the case of eepro100/3C905c-TXM or 
eepro100 cards) built-in flash ROM.  I hope we can soon figure out how to 
also make .lzpxe images work for more options.

I'm already thinking of ways to improve on the January LinuxWorld Expo 
(report at http://www.thinguin.org/linuxworldny2001/).  Any ideas, 
suggestions, or offers of assistance are welcome.  It will be nice to 
finally meet Ken and Markus :-)

Anyway, it's nice to be associated with a project that people seem to 
find useful, and it's fun to work with motivated, creative and talented 
people.

"Tanned, rested, and ready, Etherboot 2001!!"

Marty

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