On Tuesday 02 July 2002 03:17 pm, Peter Lister wrote: > > 8 hours seems a bit long to do a netboot.... > > > > How can I speed this up? > > Fix your network. This is telling you that you almost certainly have a > network problem. If you have a very busy hub, screaming nodes, a noisy > cable or anything else which might cause a high proportion of dropped > packets, TFTP backoff slows right down. Try connecting a known working > system and troubleshoot from there. Don't blame the net boot until you > *know* that the hardware works.
I know this network is good. Not only are all the other machines working okay (and communicating okay), but when I tested this setup, I did attach a CD-ROM and install Linux. There were no problems or slowdowns with a regular Linux install on this box. I have not had time, since my first post, to take another suggestion and review the TFTP config. I will be doing that soon. > > > Also: This is an ASUS TUSI-M mobo, with an SIS900 NIC chip. I understand > > this board can boot using PXE. Is this the right process to add PXE? > > You do NOT want PXE if you can avoid it! It is what you use if there is > no alternative (i.e. you need to boot 'doze, flashing the nic is > impossible / impractical, or you suffer from a dumbass "management" > policy). Etherboot PXE images from rom-o-matic are "Network Bootable > Programs" to be booted by existing PXE firmware - they do not provide > PXE functionality (which BTW you really don't want if you can avoid it). > > If you really must have PXE, the firmware is usually resident on the > NIC, which normally requires a BIOS setup incantation. Look at the LTSP > PXE howto for an explanation of how to get from PXE to etherboot. By BIOS setup incantation, do you mean there's more settings to worry about than just setting the first boot device as "INT18 Device (Network)"? Is there something else I need to change to get that setting to work? > > If you don't need PXE, lucky you. Linux just needs Etherboot... > > > 1) Copy BIOS image using AFLASH.EXE (and back it up). > > 2) Download PXE ROM image from ROM-O-MATIC > > 3) Use CBROM or AwardMod to add the PXE image to the original BIOS image > > 4) Use AFLASH.EXE to flash the board BIOS with the new BIOS image w/ PXE > > ...remove "PXE" from lines 2 and 4, and that's just what you need: just > pull an Etherboot rom image (not PXE, LILO or floppy) with your nic > driver built in and load it into your nice modular bios. And then just flash the BIOS again? Does it matter whether I use CBRom, AwardMod, or AMIBCP? (AMIBCP cannot find the header on my ROM image or on the upgraded image from ASUS.) > > But fix your network problems first. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
