On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 22:17, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > On Wed, 19 May 2004, Matt Hansen wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I'm interested to try out a PXE boot but I'm unsure whether my net > > adapter is capable of this. There's not much documentation confirming > > this or not however this page suggests it supports it. > > http://www.wlug.org.nz/PXE > > Can anyone with the same card confirm whether it supports PXE or not? > > > > Card: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) > > depends on wether or not you can select it as a boot device in your bios > or if offers you the option on startup... I have machines with 8139's that > can pxe boot. Well I suppose it's not supported with my card (Acer manufacturer). The BIOS had an option to boot from the LAN (this is only for WOL though right?) but that was the only thing that looked relevant in this scenario. There's no ROM BIOS output from the card on boot up either so I guess I'm SOL. Just have to upgrade I think.. Regards, -Matt -- "Would you buy a car with the hood welded shut?" - Bob Young on the benefits of the open source development model. mhelios - www.fedoraforum.org
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