Re: [K12OSN] Enabling boot prom on SMC1211TX

jam@McQuil.com)
Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:59:21 -0400 (EDT) 

Jim,

I don't know of such a utility under linux.

Why don't you just make a DOS bootable floppy, and
put the SMC setup program on the floppy ?

I'm assuming you are currently booting from an Etherboot floppy.

Jim McQuillan
jam@Ltsp.org



On Tue, 27 Aug 2002, Jim Thomas wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just set up a 17 client LTSP network.  So far, I've got 13 of them
> working (the four that don't work yet lack ethernet cables, but I'm
> working on that).
> 
> In the initial setup, I made a boot floppy, but I'd like to switch over
> to EPROMs.  I have an EPROM burner, and I have burned one EPROM (the
> rest will follow once I determine that I didn't make any mistakes).
> 
> The only problem is - my NICs (SMC1211TX) ignore the boot prom.  I found
> a DOS utility to reconfig the NIC (SETFE32.EXE), but I'd like to find
> one that runs under Linux.  Otherwise, I'll have to haul a DOS machine
> into the lab (groan) and start swapping NICs in and out of it (double
> groan).
> 
> I tried googling for the utility, but found nothing.  I also tried the
> utility under wine (albeit on a machine lacking an SMC NIC), but it
> bombed out a la:
> 
> ==============================================================================
> Warning: unprotecting the first 64KB of memory to allow real-mode calls.
>          NULL pointer accesses will no longer be caught.
> fixme:pthread_kill_other_threads_np
> err:int:INT_Int1aHandler int1a: unknown/not implemented parameters:
> int1a: AX b101, BX 0000, CX 0000, DX 0000, SI 0000, DI 0000, DS 2c10, ES
> 2c05
> fixme:int10:INT_Int10Handler Set Cursor Shape - Not Supported
> fixme:int:INT_Int33Handler Show mouse cursor
> fixme:int:INT_Int33Handler Show mouse cursor
> fixme:int:INT_Int33Handler Show mouse cursor
> fixme:int:INT_Int33Handler Show mouse cursor
> 
> ...repeat ad infinitum
> 
> ==============================================================================
> 
> 
> Can anyone save me a ton of trouble (i.e., hauling a DOS machine into
> the lab) by pointing me to an appropriate utility?
> 
> 
> 

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