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

[john]

Hi all,

Thanks for the helpful advice!

Tim, It _seems_ like 3COM Etherlink III's are supported in ISA mode.
Am I misunderstanding the list of supported hardware. I have managed
to scare some of those up.

John

On 3/15/06, Doug Simpson <veewee77 at alltel.net> wrote:
>  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:
>
>
>  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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