Re: [Netboot-general] General questions about boot roms, booting off network on older systems

[Peter <pl...@ac...>]

The ROM on the card is detected as a BIOS extension by the BIOS during 
equipment check. It has a particular signature and other features for 
this. Very often there is a message on the screen to this effect, 
emitted by the code in the extension ROM.

If it is detected correctly then it is executed by the BIOS. Apparently 
yours isn't for some reason. Things worth checking:

1) is the rom fast enough. Modern computers require 100nsec ROMs
2) is the card irq and io address correct for your setup
3) does the nic work
4) is the rom boot enabled (jumper on nic card or software switch in 
nic setup utility program run from DOS boot disk)

Peter