1 Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 15:45:55 +0200 (MEST)
2 From: Erik Starback <erik@math.uu.se>
3 To: netboot@baghira.han.de
4 Subject: Netboot with Intel EEPRO100+ Management
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19 When Intel eepro100+ NIC disappeared from the market, I didn't know
20 what to do. I didn't find any information if anyone has used the
21 new eepro100+ Management Adapter to netboot linux.
23 I thought that the card should netboot with the same configuration as
24 the old card when I read Donald Beckers comment:
25 > The driver should "just work" with the '559. It's not supposed to be
26 > substantially different than the '558. (I don't have a datasheet
27 > or sample card to confirm this statement.)
29 The problem was now only to put the netboot-program to the built in
30 flash memory on the NIC. With the old card I used a flash memory (Intel
31 N28F020 [N28010 didn't work])) and the program FUTIL.EXE from Intel to
32 flash it. FUTIL did't recognize the memory on the management card
33 and did not work therefore.
35 I found the intel program FBOOT.EXE that was made to upgrade the built
36 in Intel BOOT agent. I did: Boot dos from floppy, Run FBOOT (choose
37 adapter), choose (u)pdate, choose Create restore image, rename the
38 backup file (in my case 2743BE52.FLS [the eight last hex digits from
39 the MAC address]), rename your netboot code (in my case netboot 0.8.1)
40 to the backup files original name (in my case 2743BE52.FLS), run
41 FBOOT, choose (r)estore.
45 A shorter way (if you don't need the backup of the old Intel BOOT
46 agent code) is of course: rename netboot file to [the eight last hex
47 digits from the MAC address].FLS, run FBOOT, choose restore.
49 Caution: I think it is possible to make a NIC unusable if you have
50 made the netboot (or etherboot) file with "wrong" parameters. A couple
51 of month ago I did a etherboot boot file and put it on an old
52 EEPRO100+ card. It worked fine, but it was impossible to boot local
53 with it. So I could not boot dos and with FUTIL or FBOOT erase the
54 flash memory! To erase the chip I had to take out the memory chip,
55 boot dos and then put in the memory chip. This isn't possible when the
56 memory chip is build in.
59 <http://support.intel.com/support/landesk/configmgr/LSA1_193.HTM>
60 FUTIL.EXE is a part of LSA1_193.ZIP
62 <http://support.intel.com/support/etherexpress/pro100/100pboot.htm>
63 FBOOT.EXE is a part of 100pboot.exe
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