Syslinux - Apr 2005 - Announce: Universal network boot floppy/cd/hd 5.4.0 released

Hi all,

I've just released a new version of my universal network boot package, 
built from the just-released Etherboot 5.4.0

Features:
- It now supports both pxelinux (and others PXE second stage loaders)
   and etherboot ".nbi" images.
- Available in the following formats:
   - floppy image
   - CD ".iso" image
   - kernel-like image (usable with any kernel loader) for HD install
   - ms-dos ".com" executable
- Supports (and auto-probes) more than 30 NICs
   (nearly all the NICs supported by the Etherboot project).

The packege name is "network_boot_floppy+cd+hd_540.zip",
and can be downloaded from:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=80408&package_id=97496

The target of this package is to significantly simplify and accelerate 
the implementation of network boot solutions: ideas and comments that go 
in this direction are appreciated...bye!

-- 
Paolo Salvan
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X v i s i o n
Via Vigonovese 123A
35127 - Padova - Italy
+39 049 8709427 tel
+39 049 8709426 fax
www.xvision.it

Hi Paolo,
Does your network boot package work for wireless PCMCIA?

We're converting about 200 PCs at an elementary school  to LTSP right 
now and most of them work fine because they have a net boot option in 
the bios.

Unfortunately, I have about 20 laptops that all have D-Link DWL-650+ 
802.11b wireless cards.  Even worse, they need the ACX100 driver 
(http://acx100.sourceforge.net).  My options right now are pretty 
limited.  The only distro I've found that will actually recognize and 
configure the card is Ubuntu.  Mainstream Linux supports appears to be 
sparse at this point.

I really need a way to boot these laptops so that we can run them as 
thin clients.  Installing Linux is an option but becomes a bit difficult 
to manager in the long term.  I'm open to any suggestions because the 
alternative is to buy 30 new cards and that will be expensive.  Do you 
have any ideas?

I'm particularly interested in wireless support because we have run out 
of lab space in the school.  Any new computers that  we add will have to 
be laptops in a mobile lab.

Thanks,
Casey Woods