[plug] Some random Linux questions

[Justin]

You need to have access to a server running a PXE service (check 
freshmeat).. then you need a boot rom for the network card (Intel cards 
come with one on board standard) - then under bios you tell it to boot off 
the network.

Justin

At 02:10 PM 7/06/2002 +0800, you wrote:
>G'day all,
>
>I have a couple (±20) of miscellaneous problems with Linux which
>hopefully someone here will be able to help me with.
>
>(1) Most of the time when I start an xterm, it turns up with a black
>background and white text.  However, after being logged in for a while,
>starting an xterm results in a white xterm with black text and screwed
>up key bindings (arrow keys, home, end, F1=>F12 all don't work).
>
>The machine is running Debian sid (up-to-date as of a couple
>of weeks ago), and a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 PCI graphics card with the XFree86
>server. Does anyone know what could be causing this?
>
>(2) Does anyone know how to set up network boot EPROMs?  I have a
>Cyrix 6x86 with a cheapo network card (according to lspci, it's an
>RTL-8139) which has a 28-pin ROM socket.  Currently it's booting using
>GRUB to load an Etherboot ROM image off a 1gb hard drive and continuing
>discless from there.
>
>Where do I get a blank EPROM from?  Dick Smiths sell a 32kb EPROM with
>an appropriate number of pins.  Will it work in the NIC?  How do I burn
>the 16kb ROM image onto the EPROM?
>
>What magic incantations are necessary to tell the BIOS to boot from the
>network card?  Will this happen automatically in a system with no HDD?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Cameron.