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Date:      Tue, 30 May 2000 15:49:47 -0400
From:      Mathew Kanner <mat@cs.mcgill.ca>
To:        Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Diskless
Message-ID:  <20000530154947.C28012@cs.mcgill.ca>
In-Reply-To: Gabriel Ambuehl's message [Re[2]: FreeBSD Diskless] as of Tue, May 30, 2000 at 09:22:28PM %2B0200
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.21.0005301413330.28401-100000@psasolar.private.psa.pencom.com> <14416104737.20000530212228@buz.ch>

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On May 30, Gabriel Ambuehl wrote:
> > I think that PXE is probably worth a try.  It's Intel's brainchild, but
> > it seems to be catching on.  Right now Intel and 3Com are adapting PXE
> > technology on some of their cards, I'm sure that more will follow.  I've
> 
> I'd like to have DEC cards they have shown to be the best for our
> cases. We had some problems with 3Com so I'm sceptic. And they aren't
> really cheap *g*.
> 
> > been wrong about these thing before, but I suspect that PXE is here to
> > stay, it seems to be an acceptable, generic replacement for boot roms.
> 
> Ok. Will do some research on it.

	You can get PXE boot proms for quite a few cards.
"www.bootix.com" seems to make quite a few.  The only problem is that
they proms cost an arm and a leg.  The PXE proms from 3com are only
about $17can, which isn't that bad.

> Best regards,
>  Gabriel

	--Mat


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