Subject: Re: Support for AIC-7890, Intel 82558?
To: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
From: Michael K. Sanders <msanders@confusion.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/24/1998 15:51:31
In message <QpsRVJy6LiYEE1Ift9@zelux6>, Matthias Drochner writes:
>The 82558 works with the fxp driver. I'm trying to avoid these, however,
>because I didn't get diskless boot working with them and one doesn't get
>reasonable documentation for the chip from Intel.

I just found this about netbooting Intel PR440FX boards with built-in
ethernet:

  <URL:http://www.beowulf.org/software/PR440FXNetboot.html>

It looks like a gross hack, but if you're really determined, you might
be able to netboot them. :)