<div>+1</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to take one step further.</div><div>Can we do using ROM-O-Matic web tool?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm very thankful to the ROM-O-Matic web tool. This makes possible gPXE testing and even deployment to people like I that doesn't have a linux permanent machine with development enviroment and/or enough linux skills.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Juan Belmonte</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/11/6 Huan Truong <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hnt7438@truman.edu">hnt7438@truman.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi everyone --<br>
<br>
I'm running into another tough problem. Initially I used to netboot by<br>
3com 100Mbps cards.<br>
<br>
As I was advancing on gPXE, I realized that I can flash the Boot ROM to<br>
the Option ROM area of the BIOS to make the gigabit LAN-On-Motherboard<br>
work without the need for 3com cards. However, flashing the Option ROM<br>
on my Dell stations -- while it works -- it is too dangerous, as my<br>
Dells don't have a backup BIOS chip or anything to recover from a bad<br>
BIOS flash. So I decided to have 3com 905 cards to serve as dummy<br>
ROM-carriers for my gigabit LOM. It works, but there is one<br>
inconvenience about it is that doing so will make the 3com cards not<br>
self-hosting -- they can't boot by themselves anymore, but have to<br>
depend on something else to boot.<br>
<br>
I wonder if I can cram both the driver for the 3com card and the driver<br>
for the Gigabit LOM (tg3) into one ROM file. This would make the 3com<br>
cards self-hosting (if no compatible LOM is found). Anyone has done that<br>
-- if that's at all possible. I'm willing to apply some hacks, but gPXE<br>
makefile is kind of too big and confusing to me.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Un saludo<br>____________________________________<br><br>Juan Belmonte<br>