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From: johnm@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Booting Packet Drivers from Ethernet ROMs
Message-ID: <1991Feb14.021916.86305@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 13 Feb 91 15:19:16 GMT
References: <1991Jan25.104947.3482@cside1.uucp>
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In article <1991Jan25.104947.3482@cside1.uucp>, kuyper@cside1.uucp
(Kuyper Hoffman) writes:
> I am looking for some help with installing packet drivers on
> diskless workstations booting from ROM.
> 
> I have read the Case Study by Wesleyan University which outlines
> every step in lurid detail ...

An easier way is to use a Packet Driver and IPX combination that handles
both the 802.3-like encapsulation of Novell IPX packets and the Ethernet 2
encapsulation of IP packets and doesn't take over the Ethernet card
until requested to by NET3.

Use an AUTOEXEC.BAT in the boot image something like:

	echo off
	ne1000 -n -d 0x60 3 0x300   <- 802.3 IPX packets, delay initialization
	ipx_pd			    <- IPX linked with BYU's PDSHELL
	net3
	f:
	login
	
No need for a RAM disk taking up memory after booting.

See also PROMBOOT.NOT from the Clarkson collection of packet drivers --
sun.soe.clarkson.edu:pub/packet-drivers/drivers.zip now at version 8.

	John
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