Booting From The Network; Bbs Bios-Compatible Pcs - 3Com EtherLink 3C905C-TX User Manual

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3 Click the Configuration tab.
The Configuration screen appears.
4 Under Network Parameter, select Boot PROM.
5 Open the Set Value list box and select Enabled to
enable the boot ROM or Disabled to disable the
boot ROM.
6 Click OK to save the setting and exit the program.

Booting From the Network

The boot process for the MBA boot ROM varies depending
on the type of PC you have (BBS BIOS-compatible or
non-BBS BIOS-compatible).
If your PC was purchased recently, it may be BBS (BIOS Boot
Specification) BIOS-compatible. The BBS determines how
the system BIOS identifies boot devices in a PC (such as a
CD-ROM drive, a hard drive, or a floppy drive), allows the
user to select the boot order of these devices, and then
sequentially attempts to boot from each device in the
specified order.
Refer to your PC documentation if you do not know which
type of PC you have.

BBS BIOS-Compatible PCs

To enable a BBS BIOS-compatible PC to boot from the
network using the MBA boot ROM:
1 Make sure that the NIC boot ROM setting is Enabled.
See the previous section, "Enabling or Disabling the Boot
ROM Setting," for instructions.
2 Set the MBA manually as the first boot device in the
PC BIOS.
Refer to your PC documentation for instructions on
accessing and configuring the PC BIOS.
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To undo the change and return the setting to its
previous value, click Undo Changes.
To return the setting to the factory default setting (as
described in Table 6), click Set Factory Defaults.