[K12OSN] using really old PCs as clients

[j.w. thomas]

raju VK wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies. But even now my question is not properly 
> answered. It is simply,  if I use a new network card with boot ROM, 
> whether I can boot in to a network even if the boot options does not 
> have an entry for network card as boot device.
> 
>  From the replies I assume the answer is negative and the only option is 
> to use a boot floppy.

If you install a boot ROM in the ethernet card, the BIOS should find it 
and execute it on start up.  It has been years since I have done this, 
but I'm pretty sure I used the stuff supplied by rom-o-matic.  Or was it 
etherboot?  Maybe both!

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