[Fai-commit] r6184 - trunk/doc

Thomas Lange lange at alioth.debian.org
Mon Nov 8 11:02:53 UTC 2010


Author: lange
Date: 2010-11-08 11:02:44 +0000 (Mon, 08 Nov 2010)
New Revision: 6184

Modified:
   trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt
Log:
remove part of how to enable PXE on 3com. This info was move into the wiki


Modified: trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt	2010-11-06 15:53:06 UTC (rev 6183)
+++ trunk/doc/fai-guide.txt	2010-11-08 11:02:44 UTC (rev 6184)
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 FAI Guide (Fully Automatic Installation)
 ========================================
 Thomas Lange <lange at informatik.uni-koeln.de>
-3.0.3, Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:17:09 +0200
+3.0.4, Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:56:19 +0100
 
 :faiver:  3.3
 :nfsrootsize: 380
@@ -565,39 +565,6 @@
 network cards support.  Also booting from CD-ROM or from an USB stick
 is easy to set up.
 
-=== [[nicboot]]Enabling PXE on a 3Com network card with boot PROM
-
-If you have a 3Com network card that is equipped with a boot ROM by
-Lanworks Technologies or already includes the DynamicAccess Managed PC
-Boot Agent (MBA) software
-footnote:[http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/mba.htm], you can
-enter the MBA setup by typing +Ctrl+Alt+B+ during boot. The setup
-should look like this:
-
-----
-Managed PC Boot Agent (MBA) v4.00
-(C) Copyright 1999 Lanworks Technologies Co. a subsidiary of 3Com Corporation
-All rights reserved.
-============================================================
-                            Configuration
-
-Boot Method:                PXE
-
-Default Boot:               Network
-Local Boot:                 Enabled
-Config Message:             Enabled
-Message Timeout:            3 Seconds
-Boot Failure Prompt:        Wait for timeout
-============================================================
-  Use cursor keys to edit: Up/Down change field, Left/Right change value
-  ESC to quit, F9 restore previous settings, F10 to save
-----
-
-Set the boot method to +PXE+ (do not use RPL or BOOTP) and enable
-local boot in this menu. So the first boot device will be the network
-card using PXE, and the second should be the local hard disk. This has
-to be configured in the BIOS of your computer.
-
 === [[pxeboot]]Booting from network card with a PXE conforming boot ROM
 
 Almost all modern bootable network cards support the PXE boot environment.




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