P85025@BARILVM.BITNET (Doron Shikmoni) (03/27/91)
I'm testing Lantastic/AI 3.03 and would like to set up for remote boot. I'm using PS/2 systems with WD8003E/A (well, in fact, IBM Ethernet Adapter/A, but it's the same thing). The adapter has an IBM boot ROM installed (and enabled). I prepared a boot image on the Lantastic Server and tried to activate remote boot. Nothing happens. I monitored the network and saw some 802.3 packets broadcast from the booted PS/2 - but the server did not respond. I noticed that the IBM doc for the adapter speaks about booting in Netware or Lan Manager environments. So - questions: 1. Am I making sense here? Can I remote boot a PS/2-55SX with the IBM Ethernet Adapter/A w/boot ROM when the server runs Lantastic? 2. Is the boot ROM specific to the type of network I'm booting from? Not knowing much about remote boot process, I thought that there's a certain kind of packet that asks for remote boot, and it's similar with all networks. I may be far off here... 3. What do I need to do in order to remote boot in my environment? Is there a special boot ROM for Netbios networks, for example? Will Lantastic allow all this? Sorry, but I know very little about remote booting and didn't find anywhere to look. The Lantastic doc is very vague about this issue. Thanks Doron
GEM@cup.portal.com (Gary Edmunds Miller) (03/28/91)
>Doron write... >I'm testing Lantastic/AI 3.03 and would like to set up for remote boot. >I'm using PS/2 systems with WD8003E/A (well, in fact, IBM Ethernet >Adapter/A, but it's the same thing). The adapter has an IBM boot ROM >installed (and enabled). I am not familiar yet with 3.03 but have a lot of experience with 3.02. >1. Am I making sense here? Can I remote boot a PS/2-55SX with > the IBM Ethernet Adapter/A w/boot ROM when the server runs > Lantastic? Yes, YOU are talking sense here. Lantastic is NOT. THe only boot ROM that works with LANTASTIC is the one they SELL you and they do NOT sell one for WD8003 family. They only sell BOOT ROMS for their own non-ethernet cards. >Sorry, but I know very little about remote booting and didn't find >anywhere to look. The Lantastic doc is very vague about this issue. Do what I did, call them up, yell at them, and wait for someone to finally do this right! RGDS GARY