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From: GEM@cup.portal.com (Gary Edmunds Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Remote Boot w/Lantastic and WD8003E/A
Message-ID: <40612@cup.portal.com>
Date: 27 Mar 91 18:02:39 GMT
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>Doron write...

>I'm testing Lantastic/AI 3.03 and would like to set up for remote boot.
>I'm using PS/2 systems with WD8003E/A (well, in fact, IBM Ethernet
>Adapter/A, but it's the same thing). The adapter has an IBM boot ROM
>installed (and enabled).
I am not familiar yet with 3.03 but have a lot of experience with 3.02.

>1. Am I making sense here? Can I remote boot a PS/2-55SX with
>   the IBM Ethernet Adapter/A w/boot ROM when the server runs
>   Lantastic?
Yes, YOU are talking sense here.  Lantastic is NOT.  THe only boot
ROM that works with LANTASTIC is the one they SELL you and they do
NOT sell one for WD8003 family.  They only sell BOOT ROMS for their
own non-ethernet cards.

>Sorry, but I know very little about remote booting and didn't find
>anywhere to look. The Lantastic doc is very vague about this issue.
Do what I did, call them up, yell at them, and wait for someone
to finally do this right!

RGDS
GARY