[tulip] Re: Netgear....

[Lyle Bickley]

Donald Becker wrote:

> > However this leads me to another question:  Why did an Intel Pro 100+
> > work O.K. with the BIOS set to PNP, but the Tulip requires PNP to be
> > off??
> 
> Did the Pro 100+ board have an on-board Flash with network boot capability?
> If so, it made BIOS calls to configure itself.
> If not, please let me know the BIOS type and the exact eepro100 type --
> I would like to investigate further.
 
Yep, it has the on-board Flash with network host capability - and so it
DID configure itself.

Thanks again, Donald.

Lyle

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