Re: PC164, SRM and ethernet

[Matthew Jacob <mjacob feral com>]

> Unfortunately, netboot is exactly what I want do do :-) Even my 21143
> based card is recognized under Linux and NetBSD just fine. The reason
> I am using Decchip based cards is that they are usually supported via
> SRM.  Also, I am aware that there are several ways of getting Linux (
> or whatever ) to boot on the Alphas, but I need the bootp or tftp
> stuff.

I have found even newer versions of the SRM to be very picky about tulip
chips. Further, whene I was running DU4.0E I had to go through a pile of
15 tulip chip cards until I found one it liked.