Thanks a lot Marty and Jam! I got a more recent version of the boot rom from http://rom-o-matic.net and now I can boot my client.
On Thu, 2002-12-05 at 22:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tom, > > Looks like maybe you have the wrong Etherboot driver > for your network card. > > Can you tell us more about the network card in the client ? > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On 5 Dec 2002, tom wrote: > > > Some of these questions might have been asked before, but I wasn't able > > to find them after searching for a couple of days. Any help would be > > greatly appreciated! > > > > Hi. I'm trying to set up a "mini" LTSP network in my home because: > > > > a) it's cool > > and... > > b) I want to get some experience with this so I can possibly set up a > > system like this in the private school where my mother-in-law works. > > > > So, I have my server (Athlon 1.4, 256 MB RAM) and my client (K6200, 32 > > MB RAM). They're connected via ethernet cards and a crossover cable. > > > > >From the software side, I used the Mandrake 8.2 tutorial to set up my > > system. Everything seems to be running correctly from that perspective > > and my client and server are connected, so I put in my boot floppy and > > tried to fire this puppy up. > > > > Here's (more or less) what I get on my client. The elipses (...) > > represent a seemingly unimportant string of text: > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > (blah blah blah) > > ... > > Probing...[NATSEMI] > > natsemi_probe: MAC addre FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF at ioaddr 0xF800 > > ... > > Searching for server(DHCP)... > > natsemi_transmit: TX Timeout! Tx status 8000024E > > natsemi_transmit: Transmit Error, Tx status 8000024E > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Here are a few newbie questions: > > 1. Why is my mac address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF? > > 2. If DHCP is running and my computers are connected, then why can't my > > client "find" my server? > > > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > > > Tom Purl > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > -- -- Tom Purl For help with posting to mailing lists and news groups, please see: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ------------------------------------------------------- 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
