whna@cgch.UUCP (Heinz Naef) (12/12/89)
Hello, perhaps this has been asked before, but ... we are looking for implementations of boot code in PROM suitable for the boot PROM socket of the Western Digital 8003EBT(/A) ethernet adapter board. The boot code should provide the following functions: - obtain the internet address, given the hardware address of the board, using the TCP/IP BootP protocol as specified in RFC 951. - download an operating system image (primarily DOS ...) from a file associated with the internet address, using the TCP/IP TFTP protocol, into a storage area compatible with standard RAM-Disks (VDISK.SYS). - disable the floppy and harddisks from being able to boot from. - filter and discard RARP requests issued locally. - disallow to bypass the boot process. The boot code should allow to load everything which normally resides on a boot floppy or in the boot partition of a harddisk, e. g. CONFIG.SYS, drivers and/or their configuration files, COMMAND.COM, etc. Thanks in advance for any pointers or comments. Regards, Heinz Naef, c/o CIBA-GEIGY AG, R-1045.3.37, P.O.Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland UUCP: cgch!whna Internet: whna%cgch.uucp@uunet.uu.net Phone: (+41) 61 697 26 75 BITNET: whna%cgch.uucp@cernvax.bitnet Fax: (+41) 61 697 32 88