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I have a laptop that will not boot from CD, see:<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23115497/Windows-XP-Home-installation-woes.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/23115497/Windows-XP-Home-installation-woes.html</a><br />
The other option available for reinstalling booting is via the Realtek RTL8139 card.<br />
Can you tell me how to use this?<br />
I can get into the configuration menu by pressing Shift-F10 during start-up.<br />
It has the following options:<br />
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Network Boot Protocol &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;RPL or PXE<br />
Boot Order &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Int 18h or Int 19h or PnP/BEV(BBS) or ROM Disable<br />
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What do these mean?<br />
How do I know if the network is running and then point it to a setup file?<br />
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Thanks<br />

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I have a laptop that will not boot from CD, see:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Laptops_Notebooks/PC_Laptops/Q_23115497.html
The other option available for reinstalling booting is via the Realtek RTL8139 card.
Can you tell me how to use this?
I can get into the configuration menu by pressing Shift-F10 during start-up.
It has the following options:

Network Boot Protocol      RPL or PXE
Boot Order                        Int 18h or Int 19h or PnP/BEV(BBS) or ROM Disable

What do these mean?
How do I know if the network is running and then point it to a setup file?

Thanks


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