Actually, some nics have an on-board eeprom to extend BIOS. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > I believe some pci nics do pxe boot. I think I have one, which is a > trendnet gig-e card from Fry's ($13 or so), but I'm not positive. I > think the bios needs to support pxe as well as the card. > > Stephen wrote: > > I think there are some other protocols, but im hazy on it. > > > > as for adding it find a nic that supports pxe boot. (i think) > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > >> I've built my second PXE boot server and wanted to test the various > boots. > >> So far I have found only two of my machines that support PXE booting and > I > >> do not wish to disturb them. I've tested 7 other machines that seem to > have > >> no such ability. One of them shows in BIOS that you can include the LAN > as > >> a boot device but it does not seem to use the PXE boot of the PXE server > >> that is giving it its IP address with DHCP. Since that works for > another > >> machine plugged into the same switch, I conclude that it expects some > other > >> protocol for booting from the net. > >> > >> 1) Does anyone know a way to ADD the ability to a machine to PXE boot > from > >> the LAN (e.g. adding some ethernet card)? > >> 2) Are there network boot protocols other than PXE? > >> > >> -- > >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > >> > >> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain > occasions, > >> that I wish it always to be kept alive. > >> - Thomas Jefferson > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson