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Date:      Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:23:35 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com>
To:        "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net>
Cc:        mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PXEBoot on VAIO laptops
Message-ID:  <200102281723.f1SHNZW20970@ambrisko.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010228103624.D89484@peorth.iteration.net> "from Michael C . Wu at Feb 28, 2001 10:36:24 am"

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Michael C . Wu writes:
| Does anyone know if booting via PXE on the VAIO fxp0's is possible?
| (VAIO being PXE client, another server being PXE server)
| I am wondering if the fxp chip onboard the VAIO is stripped of
| this functionality or not.
| 
| I broke my -current on the laptop and would like to fix it
| without destroying the data. :)

Does it have a floppy?  If so you could use http://rom-o-matic.net to 
create an Etherboot floppy that supports netbooting FreeBSD & fxp0 (remember 
to turn on the FreeBSD and ELF options) ... or use the port.

Doug A.

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