[syslinux] Announce: Universal network boot floppy/cd/hd 5.4.0 released

[Quinn]

I forgot to add that the package Paolo made is based on etherboot and 
probably does not support pcmcia cards - only PCI and ISA cards.  If you 
want to be sure - check out this link: http://www.etherboot.org/db/    
for a compatibility list.

Quinn

Quinn wrote:

> This is difficult.  The closest you could get is if it was a Cardbus 
> based wireless card that automatically connects to the first unsecure 
> wireless net and that is recognized by 3Com's mba bootware on floppy 
> or Microsoft's RIS floppy - even then, I am not even sure they support 
> wireless at all, unless the wireless card emulates another card which 
> these boot floppies recognize.  You best bet is to use Cardbus based 
> cards since they hook directly into the PCI bus without the need for 
> socket services or card services.
>
> I have had success with 3Com's mba bootware to boot a laptop with 
> 3Com's 3C575 based Cardbus cards.
>
>
> Casey Woods wrote:
>
>> Hi Paolo,
>> Does your network boot package work for wireless PCMCIA?
>>
>> We're converting about 200 PCs at an elementary school  to LTSP right 
>> now and most of them work fine because they have a net boot option in 
>> the bios.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I have about 20 laptops that all have D-Link DWL-650+ 
>> 802.11b wireless cards.  Even worse, they need the ACX100 driver 
>> (http://acx100.sourceforge.net).  My options right now are pretty 
>> limited.  The only distro I've found that will actually recognize and 
>> configure the card is Ubuntu.  Mainstream Linux supports appears to 
>> be sparse at this point.
>>
>> I really need a way to boot these laptops so that we can run them as 
>> thin clients.  Installing Linux is an option but becomes a bit 
>> difficult to manager in the long term.  I'm open to any suggestions 
>> because the alternative is to buy 30 new cards and that will be 
>> expensive.  Do you have any ideas?
>>
>> I'm particularly interested in wireless support because we have run 
>> out of lab space in the school.  Any new computers that  we add will 
>> have to be laptops in a mobile lab.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Casey Woods
>>
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