[ipxe-devel] USB ethernet adapter with BootROM

[Sergii Kolisnyk]

adapters usually have the flash with windows drivers, probably iso9660
you just have to make it bootable, putting there ipxe in both
el-torito and uefi formats


On Wed, 27 Apr 2022 at 09:29, Follow Up <stappers at stappers.nl> wrote:
>
> Off List wrote:
> } On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 03:21:54PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> } > Hi,
> } >
> } > There seem to be USB ethernet adapters
> } > that do have a BootROM.
> } >
> } > Who is selling such device?
> } >
> } > Euh yes, please help me doing a websearch.
> } >
> }
> } Geert,
>
> Hello iPXE Community,
>
>
> } Do you mean USB ethernet adapters that support PXE boot or specifically
> } ones where you could load your own BootROM? My colleague uses some
> } kind of USB ethernet adapters that support PXE boot for laptops that
> } don't have a wired ethernet adapter -- I can find out what brand/model,
> } if that is what you are looking for...
>
> Just USB ethernet adapter with ROM able to do "PXE boot" will do.
> Because that ROM-USBNIC-combo can fetch and start iPXE.
>
> An USB ethernet adapter with an EEPROM (ROM that can overwritten)
> would be really great.
>
>
> } Regards,
> } Off List
>
> I will do also an off-list reply  to you.
> That is in addition to this message to the iPXE mailinglist
> of which you might have recieved an extra copy due the Bcc:.
>
>
> Groeten
> Geert Stappers
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