On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 17:22, Dustin Eward <emptythemagaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is a Phoenix BIOS, which I see no modification method for in the wiki. > It's a Dell e521 machine, which is deceptively not Dell-ified. They even
Dell Dimension E521? On the US support site, I see 1.1.11 (released on 2007-09-04) is the latest. I don't see anything in the notes for this machine but sometimes they update the PXE code without any notes. > left the "Phoenix BIOS" boot-up identifier. It shows for only a split > second, but I could probably figure out the REAL motherboard MFR and > part/model number if I rebooted a lot... I'll have to get back to you > because I can't do that right this moment. I've seen a few systems in the last 2+ years that do this (showing signs of the underlying BIOS) but not many. > I should add, by 'works flawlessly," I mean it identifies the NIC and pulls > DHCP. The rest, well.... > > I've got a few PCI and a PCIe Ethernet Adapters on the way... 2 are Intel, > one is a super cheap generic. I was trying to avoid spending $85 just to > experiment, but I got impatient. >From what I've seen, I have the impression that Intel has generally been very good for both PXE and Linux. > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.c...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 22:59, Dustin Eward <emptythemagaz...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I have the following device embedded in my motherboard. >> > >> > BCM4401-B0 >> > 14e4:170c >> >> > The currently installed Broadcom Proprietary PXE attempts DHCP, but >> > always >> > times out. The gPXE, when using the 'all drivers' image, works >> > flawlessly. >> > If only I could flash 600K+ to EEPROM..... >> >> I haven't had personal experience with this particular LoM (LAN on >> Motherboard) but all of the LoMs I've dealt with are given an option >> ROM by the BIOS. Upgrading the BIOS may update the Broadcom PXE code. >> >> I've also seen where connecting to a manage switch with STP enabled >> but not set to a quick mode like rSTP or portfast causes timeouts. >> >> For reference, could you provide all of the versioning information for >> the PXE code used by the LoM, the make/model and BIOS version of the >> machine? -- -Gene _______________________________________________ gPXE mailing list gPXE@etherboot.org http://etherboot.org/mailman/listinfo/gpxe
