Re: etherboot startup from lilo, and hdparm for spinning down disk.

[Torstein Dybdahl <torsted@runbox.no>]

Andreas Schuldei wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:07:16AM +0000, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Torstein Dybdahl wrote:
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> >    
> >
> > > Have not made the howto for lilo install in english.
> > >
> > > With this solution we can use the cheap rtl8139 networkcards in 
> > > ltspclients with harddisk.
> > >      
> > It seems a nice idea that this route be documented, though the etherboot
> > route is obviously a lot simpler.  You must be on a very tight budget as
> > etherboot cards are about 22 euro from Martin Herweg.  If you have the
> > cards you can just buy ROM chips for them for 11 euro.
> >    
>
>  
Will note down the Martin Herweg site. Thanks

> and you can get the eproms for free if you look a bit (else: ebay?) and
> if you hit on some friend in an electronics shop you can burn the
> eproms for free, too. it is really easy and easy to mass-produce.
>
> 11euros for an epropm sounds ... profitable.
>
>
>  
I know they can be made, but the cards with eeprom socket is about 30 
NOK more expensive, + the work for the eeprom.

My school is on a very tight budget, so we have to save each kroner.
But I hope for a better next year.

I will fix up the english howto when I get the time.

Regards
Torstein