Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!necntc!dandelion!ulowell!interlan!brad From: brad@interlan.UUCP (Brad Kemp) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Subject: Re: Boot PROM for NI5210. Message-ID: <540@interlan.UUCP> Date: 20 Jun 88 23:37:03 GMT References: <8806171451.AA02658@vax.ftp.com> <8806172001.AA28772@cai.utah.edu> Reply-To: brad@interlan.UUCP (Brad Kemp) Organization: MICOM-Interlan, Boxborough, MA (1-800-LAN-TALK) Lines: 20 In article <8806172001.AA28772@cai.utah.edu> b-davis%cai@CS.UTAH.EDU (Brad Davis) writes: >>There may be others (someone here thinks >>Novell can, too), but I think they're all based on private LAN packages. > >Yes, Novell can, but the interface card needs to have a PROM socket >that conforms to IBM's definition for extending BIOS. The Micom 5210 >card has NO such socket. The 3c501 does (it's called MEMORY on my >card). > >Brad Davis Both the NI5210 and the NI5010 have sockets for a boot prom. On the NI5210 this socket can be used for either a boot prom or extending the onboard memory to 16K. We currently ship only a Netware 2.0a boot prom for either of these cards. Brad Kemp MICOM-Interlan {mit-eddie,ulowell}!interlan!brad