Robert, If you boot into gPXE using the .iso , and run: dhcp net0 ,what is returned?
-Neil On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Robert Boerner wrote: > Hi Neil, > > That was fast :-) > > I am not receiving any error. It just seems as if no NIC is detected. > Am I correct in assuming that when booting it should identify the NIC > in the boot messages, and that when accessing the gPXE command line > issuing an iftstat command should list all found interfaces? During > the boot it simply states No more network devices. I tried ifstat and > nothing was returned, and then tried an ifstat net0 (I believe the > syntax was correct) and I get net0: no such interface. > > I tried both the floppy and .iso image downloads from the rom-omatic > site referenced in the rc1 announcement. I thought about inputing the > device and vendor IDs, but I am not trying to flash the ROM of the > onboard NIC. > > One tidbit I left out earlier is that this 755 is running the latest > BIOS from Dell, A15. > > Your success seems to indicate I am in fact doing something wrong.... > > Thanks again for your help, > > Robert Boerner > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Neil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> Robert, >> >> Could you please explain in more detail what type of setup you are running, >> and what errors you are getting returned? >> >> I have plenty of Dell Opti 755s running on my end, with no issues... >> >> Regards, >> Neil >> >> >> On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Robert Boerner wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I'm a bit of a newb in terms of gPXE, but after successfully setting >>> up plain old PXE booting last week on a Marvell Sheevaplug, I wanted >>> to dip my toes into new waters. >>> >>> I saw the release announcement on the soon to be retired Etherboot >>> mailing list here: >>> >>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4B5F5EA3.3040505%40etherboot.org >>> >>> and tried to download a floppy image (including all NIC drivers) to >>> test on my work desktop (a Dell Optiplex 755) with an Intel 82566DM-2 >>> Gigabit NIC identified with vendor ID 8086 and device ID 10bd. >>> >>> The floppy boots but does not seem to find a supported NIC. I googled >>> a bit and found nothing relevant to gPXE, but I did find this bug in >>> your bug tracker: >>> >>> http://support.etherboot.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=43 >>> >>> Although not exactly the same device, am I correct in assuming that my >>> NIC simply is not supported yet? Or did I simply do something wrong? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help, and thanks for the work you have done. >>> >>> Robert Boerner >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gPXE mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe >> >> _______________________________________________ gPXE mailing list [email protected] http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe
