1N/AYou can use the netboot support to download OS images from a network.
1N/ANearly all the device drivers are coming from the network-based boot
1N/Aloader, Etherboot. Please visit its web page. They have rich
1N/Adocumentations so you will be able to get useful information from there.
1N/AThese below are common options for configure. Perhaps you may not need
1N/A--disable-packet-retransmission
1N/A Turns off packet retransmission. Use it on an empty network, where
1N/A no packet collision can happen.
1N/A Define this for PCI BIOSes that do not implement BIOS32 or not
1N/A Enable the diskless support. If specified, you will get two optional
1N/A images, called "nbgrub" and "pxegrub". The former is the ``Net Boot
1N/A Image Proposal'' format, which is used by Etherboot and Netboot, while
1N/A the latter is the ``Preboot Execution Environment" format, which is
1N/A used by a PXE ROM. You may buy a PXE ROM from some companies.
1N/AHere is the information about the device drivers. They are all disabled
1N/Aby default, so you must specify configure options to enable drivers you
1N/Awant to use. Some drivers have extra per-driver options, so the extra
1N/Aoptions are also described below.
1N/ACaution: You should enable them as you need. Don't enable any
1N/Aunnecessary driver, because GRUB might crash if you include too many
1N/Adrivers at the same time.
1N/ACrystal Semiconductor CS89x0
1N/A --enable-cs-scan=LIST
1N/A Probe for CS89x0 base address using LIST of comma separated hex
1N/A addresses; increasing the address by one (0x300 -> 0x301) will force
1N/A a more aggressive probing algorithm. This might be neccessary after
1N/A a soft-reset of the NIC.
1N/ADavicom DM9102 and 9009
1N/ADigital DE100 and DE200
1N/AIntel Etherexpress Pro/10 (ISA card)
1N/AIntel Etherexpress Pro/100
1N/ARacal-Interlan NI5210
1N/ANovell NE2100 and NE1500
1N/ARacal-Interlan NI6510
1N/ANational Semiconductor DP8381x (Netgear FA311 and FA312)
1N/ARacal-Interlan NI5010
1N/A3Com503, aka Etherlink II, also /16 model
1N/A --enable-3c503-shmem
1N/A Use 3c503 shared memory mode.
1N/A Use AUI by default on 3c503 cards.
1N/ANE1000/2000 and clones (ISA)
1N/A --enable-ne-scan=LIST (0x280,0x300,0x320,0x340)
1N/A Probe for NE base address using LIST of comma separated hex
1N/ANE2000 PCI clone (RTL8029)
1N/A --enable-compex-rl2000-fix
1N/A If you have a Compex RL2000 PCI 32-bit (11F6:1401), and the probe
1N/A hangs in "Probing...[NE*000/PCI]", try enabling this fix... it
1N/AWD8003/8013, SMC8216/8416
1N/A --enable-wd-default-mem=MEM (0xCC000)
1N/AOld base driver for Tulip clones
1N/AD-Link DFE530TX+ and DFE538TX
1N/ASchneider and Koch G16
1N/A --enable-smc9000-scan=LIST
1N/A List of I/O addresses to probe.
1N/ATiara, Fujitsu Lancard
1N/ALinksys LNE100TX and other NICs using this Tulip clone chip
1N/ANetgear FA310TX and other NICs using this Tulip clone chip
1N/ATulip clones based on the ADMtek Centaur-P
1N/ATulip clones based on the Macronix 987x5
1N/AThe description about how to use the support can be found in the GRUB
1N/Amanual. Run "info grub" in the shell prompt.