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====== Burning gPXE into Intel gigabit (e1000) cards ======

===== Renaming the ROM image =====

Give the gPXE ROM image a name suitable for Intel's ROM-burning tools:

    cp bin/pci_8086_107c.rom 8086107c.iba

where //bin/pci_8086_107c.rom// is the gPXE ROM image that you have just built, and //8086107c.iba// is formed from the PCI vendor and device IDs (//8086// and //107c// respectively in this example).

===== Preparing the tools =====

Download and save the two files:

  * A FreeDOS boot disk, [[http://rom.etherboot.org/boot/dosboot.img|dosboot.img]]
  * Intel's [[http://downloadcenter.intel.com/detail_desc.aspx?agr=N&DwnldID=8242|PROBOOT.exe]]

Run //PROBOOT.exe//.  This is a Windows application; if you don't have a Windows installation available then you should be able to run it under Linux using [[http://www.winehq.org/|Wine]].  //PROBOOT.exe// will extract several files to the directory //C:\Intel12.3//; the single file you want is //C:\Intel12.3\IBAUtil.exe//.

Copy //IBAUtil.exe// to the FreeDOS boot disk:

    mcopy -i dosboot.img /path/to/IBAUtil.exe ::

where ///path/to/IBAUtil.exe// is the path to your extracted copy of //IBAUtil.exe//.

Copy your gPXE ROM image to the FreeDOS boot disk:

    mcopy -i dosboot.img 8086107c.iba ::

where //8086107c.iba// is the renamed gPXE ROM image as created earlier.

===== Creating the boot disk =====

Transfer the boot disk image to a floppy disk:

    dd if=dosboot.img of=/dev/fd0

If you do not have a floppy disk available, you can create a bootable CD-ROM using

    mkisofs -b dosboot.img -o dosboot.iso dosboot.img

and then burn the ISO image //dosboot.iso// to a recordable CD-ROM.

===== Burning the gPXE ROM =====

Boot from the floppy disk (or CD-ROM).  At the DOS //A:\>// prompt, type

    ibautil -restore -all

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