#186: 3com 3c905tx / gpxe boot problem

[coreboot]

#186: 3com 3c905tx / gpxe boot problem
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    Reporter:  jeroenkrabbendam@…  |         Owner:  stepan@…
        Type:  defect              |        Status:  new
    Priority:  minor               |     Milestone:
   Component:  coreboot            |      Keywords:  gpxe
Dependencies:                      |  Patch Status:  there is no patch
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 Although (or: just because) novice in the field, I encountered some
 problems with netbooting with coreboot.

Mobo's tried: Asus P2B, VTech with bios id ITE8671-2A69KV3IC-00. All
 mobo's boot '''harddisk''' fine with Asus P2B / Gigabyte GA-6BX{CE}
 respectively.

NIC ROM is started, and loads the kernel by tftp. This is vvvveeeerrrryyy
 slow! Although loading, the kernel is never able to start itself. Same
 kernel on HDU is no problem at all (GRUB2)

Note: the gpxe-image is on the nic, coreboot payload is seabios.

[coreboot]

#186: 3com 3c905tx / gpxe boot problem
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    Reporter:  jeroenkrabbendam@…  |         Owner:  stepan@…
        Type:  defect              |        Status:  new
    Priority:  minor               |     Milestone:
   Component:  coreboot            |    Resolution:
    Keywords:  gpxe                |  Dependencies:
Patch Status:  there is no patch   |
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Comment (by Christopher Chavez <chrischavez@…>):

Are you able to reflash the nic rom? I would see if iPXE does anything
 different, you can generate a rom at http://rom-o-matic.eu/ , or maybe see
 if using a boot disk (floppy/cd) build of gpxe/ipxe does the same thing.
 Just a suggestion :) --Fellow novice (since 2006)