<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Original Message ----<br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">From: Manu <manu@ubuntu-fr.org><br>To: "operationsengineer1@yahoo.com" <operationsengineer1@yahoo.com><br>Cc: edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br>Sent: Saturday, February 2, 2008 12:53:24 PM<br>Subject: Re: LTSP EdUbuntu Client Rom-o-matic Problems<br><br> Hi,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2008/2/2, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:operationsengineer1@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:operationsengineer1@yahoo.com">operationsengineer1@yahoo.com</a> <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:operationsengineer1@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:operationsengineer1@yahoo.com">operationsengineer1@yahoo.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> hi all,<br><br>i'm trying to setup edubuntu as a terminal server with about 8 clients at a local school.  i have the server setup (amd 2.0 ghz opteron) and i'm trying to connect the clients.  they have network boot, but don't have pxe capability.  therefore, i need to use:<br> <br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rom-o-matic.net/5.4.3/">http://rom-o-matic.net/5.4.3/</a><br><br><br>to create a boot disk for them.  the clients ar p200 - p300 computers from gateway and compaq.  i have the mac addresses and i searched for the mfr information and have that, too.<br> <br>however, i have no clue how to correlate that information to use the Choose NIC/ROM type: on the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rom-o-matic.net">rom-o-matic.net</a> page.  can anyone help?</blockquote><div><br><br>Have you PCI's ID for the NIC ? <br> <br>For list PCI's ID use on the old computers "lspci -n" with the liveCD.<br><br>And choose in the menu the NIC with the PCI's ID on the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://rom-o-matic.net">http://rom-o-matic.net</a><br><br> Choose on the menu "ROM output format"  floppy bootable ROM for diskette or ISO Bootable image for CD Boot<br><br>Generate image with "Get ROM" and download on your PC with floppy or CD burn<br><br>and create diskette " dd if=image-disk.zdsk of=/dev/fd0 "<br> or burn image.iso on the CD<br><br>Bye<br></div></div></div><br>---------------------------------<br><br>can someone help me understand how PCI ID?  i did lspci -n on my current computer and it gave me a list (maybe 10-15 list items).  how do i use that list to choose the right figure out the entry I should choose in the NIC/Rom type select box when i have a chance to visit the school and run the same command on their client computers?<br><br>tia...<br></div></div><br> <hr size=1>Never miss a thing. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs"> Make Yahoo your homepage.</a> </body></html>