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====== Burning gPXE into Intel EtherExpress cards ====== <referback>This page is part of the [[:romburning|ROM-burning]] tutorial.</referback> Intel provides a utility called IBAUtil which allows you to update the expansion ROM images on many Intel NICs. ===== Supported cards ===== The following cards are known to work: * **8086:1229** Compaq NC3131, Intel PRO/100 82550/82551/82557/82558/82559 The following are expected to work: * **8086:107c** Intel 82541PI PRO/1000 GT Gigabit Ethernet Controller ===== Renaming the ROM image ===== Intel's IBAUtil ROM-burning tool requires filenames with a //.iba// extension rather than a //.rom// extension. Give your gPXE ROM image a name suitable for IBAUtil: cp bin/8086107c.rom bin/8086107c.iba where //bin/8086107c.rom// is the gPXE ROM image that you have just built. ===== Preparing the tools ===== Download and save the two files: * A FreeDOS boot disk, [[http://rom.etherboot.org/boot/dosboot.img|dosboot.img]] * Intel's IBAUtil ROM-burning tool, available as part of [[http://downloadmirror.intel.com/8242/eng/PROBOOT.exe|PROBOOT.exe]] Copy your gPXE ROM image to the FreeDOS boot disk: mcopy -i dosboot.img bin/8086107c.iba :: where //bin/8086107c.iba// is the renamed gPXE ROM image as created earlier. 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 only file that you need 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//. ===== 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 You should see something like A:\>ibautil -restore -all Intel(R) Boot Agent Utility IBAUtil version 4.03.05.06 Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Intel Corporation Restoring image on NIC 1 from file 8086107C.IBA..done NIC Network Address Series WOL Boot ROM Type Version === =============== ======= === ================== ======= 1 001B210A7760 Gigabit YES PXE/RPL 98.113.250 Reboot the machine and enter the BIOS setup. You should see gPXE show up as an option in your BIOS's boot selection menu. Congratulations on successfully burning gPXE into your network card!
