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  Thread: ISA ROM initialization problem
Post: RE: ISA ROM initialization problem

Thanks for the reply, you've given me a couple of things to think about and double-check. Will report back what I find.
coredump4 General 2 6,698 2020-08-06, 18:18
  Thread: ISA ROM initialization problem
Post: ISA ROM initialization problem

Awhile back, I was testing iPXE ne2k_isa images for use with an RTL8019AS-based ISA PnP NIC. This is a challenge, as you really need at least 64k for iPXE, but that's the outside boot ROM limit for ma...
coredump4 General 2 6,698 2020-08-03, 20:14
  Thread: Loading iPXE from RPL
Post: RE: Loading iPXE from RPL

(2019-05-30 21:04)NiKiZe Wrote:  you could try with the 1.0.0 release, or even older from the gpxe era, if you find something that works, use git bisect to see where it broke. (guide on the ipxe...
coredump4 General 7 27,938 2019-08-23, 00:39
  Thread: Loading iPXE from RPL
Post: RE: Loading iPXE from RPL

Hi, Did you ever figure out why your iPXE image wouldn't execute on a 386, and how'd you fix it? I'm facing a similar problem. thanks!
coredump4 General 7 27,938 2019-05-30, 19:35
  Thread: Does ISA wd driver support SMC 83C795?
Post: RE: Does ISA wd driver support SMC 83C795?

I built an image and burned it to ROM, but it will be a few days before I get a working ISA system to test with. Meanwhile, I found the manual for this card (SMC EtherEZ 8416T) and it only mentions R...
coredump4 General 2 7,561 2019-05-17, 14:02
  Thread: Does ISA wd driver support SMC 83C795?
Post: Does ISA wd driver support SMC 83C795?

Hi, I see that the 'wd' driver supports SMC 83C790 ISA NICs. Is the 83C795 chip close enough to work as well? thanks!
coredump4 General 2 7,561 2019-05-11, 21:12