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This page describes my network boot software.
New documentation. - Files with programs.
(a link to old documentation is on net-boot info main page)
New! all assembly code was adapted for using ArrowAsm (PD).
Last fixes:	BootROM can wait SAP reply;
		boot sector in BOOT_EMU; CLEANUP.
New! boot menu - many bootroms into single EPROM (mltboot.zip).
     for disk with bootrom menu: rbemumlt.zip and boot-emu.zip.
     An introductory info on Netboot and Etherboot.
New! How to make small bootrom containg NetBoot and Novell
     NetWare boot, with ability to choose protocol for boot.
New! Fixed NE2000 autodetect code, available on tests page.


Documentation:
general info		- short (about 30 lines) description
Q&A			- Questions and Answers about net boot
what is required?	- required hardware/software to use it
mail			- log of mail I sent to first user of it
compiling		- how to compile the net boot software
error messages		- error messages and their meaning
user guide		- a longer guide on using net boot



Files with necessary or unnecessary but maybe useful programs:

bootrom.zip	- raw BootROM program (ASM source & binary)
bootr-mk.zip	- an utility for "cooking" the raw BootROM (TP)
boot-emu.zip	- setup to test it without an EPROM (TP, ASM; FIXED)
net$boot.zip	- program needed as file in SYS:LOGIN - binary
bootprog.zip	- source of the above (ASM + TC 1.5)
cleanup.zip	- workstation cleanup after boot (ASM; FIXED)
diskutls.zip	- utilities to manage boot disk images (ASM, TP)
empty.zip	- collection of empty diskette images (MSDOS 5+)
bootutls.zip	- various utilities to help configuring DOS boot (ASM, TC)
chkdiscn.exe	- test for disconnected workstations (TC, need NW API)
bootroma.zip	- bootrom program adapted for ArrowAsm (PD version)
asm-fix.zip	- other .asm sources adapted for it, fixed, etc. +info
mltboot.zip	- boot menu package - many bootroms in sigle EPROM
tests		- various tests related to network boot

empty.arj
ky.txt
boot-doc.arj
ethboot.inf

Note: in some cases executables have sources packed inside them,
you can use ARJ (older executables) or PKUNZIP (newer) to extract.