[K12OSN] "network boot" in the bios

Krsnendu Dasa krsnendu at orcon.net.nz
Fri May 26 21:41:31 UTC 2006


Sometimes a bios flash update can fix these kind of problems.
Rob Owens wrote:

>I have a few P2's that I'm using as thin clients. 
>They have the option of "network boot" in the bios, in
>the "boot order" section.  When I enable this, some of
>them boot over the network, and some just hang.  I
>assume it's related to the model of network card I
>have installed (they are not the originals that came
>with these computers).  
>
>So my question is, how do I know if a network card is
>capable of booting over the network?  Just to clarify,
>I'm talking about *not* using a boot floppy.
>
>Thanks for all the help.
>
>-Rob
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