[syslinux] netboot

[Geert Stappers]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 11:50:19AM +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:

  on the syslinux mailinglist and now crossposted to etherboot developers

> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I have a laptop with no HD, and one floppy drive.
> >>It has a 3COM PCMCIA network card.
> >>I would like to netboot linux via the PCMCIA network card.
> >>I am aiming to do this from a single floppy boot disk.
> >>
> >>Can anyone suggest a method for achieving this?
> >>
> >
> >Etherboot.
> >
> >    -hpa
> >
> 
> Extract from the Etherboot wiki at
> http://wiki.etherboot.org/pmwiki.php/Main/PcmciaSupport
> 
> "Etherboot does not (yet) offer support for PCMCIA cards."
> 

Just updated with:

| The tricky part is to initialize the PCMCIA controller. Before a
| PCMCIA Network Interface Card can be configured, has that device be
| setup.
| 
| Source code for how to talk to yenta chips is available in the Linux
| kernel.
| 
| In other words:
| 
| This challenge waits for those who looking for an interresting problem (
| and / or glory ;-)


HTH
GSt

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