[K12OSN] need bootrom/etherboot for Compaq net1/33s

[Doug Simpson]

john wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Thanks for your replies. These machines don't have any PCI slots, and
>I haven't dug up any ISA based 3COMs or the like yet.
>
>Chuck I don't understand the bootrom socket advice can you explain
>that to me a bit.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John
>
>On 3/15/06, cliebow at midmaine.com <cliebow at midmaine.com> wrote:
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>>John: if the card/motherboard has a bootrom socket boot the sucker into
>>knoppix-live  ubuntu live..dsl live and get a pci id.
>>if it has a pci slot free you "may" be able to put a bootroomed card in
>>and boot from it..some will boot some wont...chuck
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Likely, you can look on that old motherboard and find the chipset for 
the NIC that is on it and get the number and find native drivers for 
that chipset.  This isan integrated NIC right?  Once you find the 
chipset, you can then go to rom-0-matic and get a bootrom for it.

Doug

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