Re: [Etherboot-developers] Etherboot over wireless
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From: Michael B. <mb...@fe...> - 2002-08-13 11:11:24
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On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Jean-Michel POURE wrote: > I would like to kwnow in what extent it it is possible to etherboot over a > wireless card. The boot shall support Orinoco and Prism2 wireless drivers. At the moment only Prism2 drivers exist in Etherboot. > Can the boot code be stored in the network card and used for wireless booting. > Or shall I use a small flash card? I am completely new to etherboot and need > some help. I don't know of any wireless network cards that have BootRom sockets. Using a flash card is one option. Another, probably cheaper, option is to buy a cheap wired network card with a BootRom socket and to use a BootRom containing drivers for both the wired and wireless cards. We have used this solution successfully on a moderate scale (120 workstations). I don't think that the rom-o-matic interface allows you to build multiple-driver Rom images (although I may be wrong), but it's very easy to do if you download the Etherboot source code. For example, if you have a D-Link DFE-538 (wired) card with BootRom socket and a Prism2.5 PCI wireless card, then you can build the ROM image with make bin32/dfe538--prism2_pci.lzrom Adjust "dfe538" and "prism2_pci" to fit your particular cards. Hope that helps, Michael Brown http://www.fensystems.co.uk |