[K12OSN] RE: newbie, too many variables

[Carl Keil]

Hi Folks,

I tried a rom-o-matic or two, and it didn't even recognize the disk, I tried
two different bios updates.  It's still not working.  I don't think I'll
find a NIC only updater, since the things soldered to the mobo.

Could the fact that my nic isn't on this list...
http://www.etherboot.org/db/nics.php?show=overview&chip_manufacturer=AMD
And the ones similar to it all show no one able to netboot off the things
be a bad sign for me?

Are there nics/firmwares/configs out there that just can't do the LTSP
thing?  Or is there always a way?  This little computer I got would be a
perfect thin client, if it could boot, of course.

Any advice?

thanks,

ck




>-----Original Message-----
>From: Liam Marshall [mailto:lsrpm at mts.net]
>Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 2:36 PM
>To: carl at snarlnet.com; Support list for opensource software in schools.
>Subject: Re: [K12OSN] RE: K12OSN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 120
>
>
>snip
>> Hey,
>>
>> Thanks for steering me in this direction.  Makes me feel a
>little stupid
>> for
>> retyping the same things 40 times in my conf files.  Anyway, I have a
>> question.  Can I avoid the whole BIOS flashing business if
>I'm willing to
>> pay $10 for a new NIC?  Or does the problem lie in the mobo.
>>
>> ck
>>
>>
>>
>I don't know, I suppose as long as the new nic has either
>etherboot rom or
>PXE it should.  My problem, which appears to be identical to
>the one you
>had, was related to an onboard nic which the upgrade to the bios solved
>
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