Chris, option-128 is NOT a mac address.
Please take a look at http://www.LTSP.org/instructions-3.0.html for more info about how to setup dhcp. Also, try the eepro100 driver. Hope that helps, Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Chris Withrow wrote: > > Hello > > Could someone please help with getting PXE booting to work with Intel Pro/1000 MT > desktop nics (10/100/1000). > > > > I have a standard Redhat Hat 8 install � actually k12ltsp�s version 3 package. > > > > Following is what I have tried: > > > > Booted pc with nic and received the following error message: > > Error � could not automatically detect network card > > PCI cards should be detected automatically > > ISA card cannot be detected, so they requrire > > The nic driver to be specified in a �NIC� = parameter > > To be passed on to the kernel line, > > Usually specified in Option-129, in the > > /etc/dhcpd.conf file. > > > > Realizing that this nic did not have a driver for it in the standard Redhat 8 > system, I grabbed Intels driver and compilied it and placed it in the > /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/drivers/net directory. I ran lsmod to see if it worked, > came back with various info, all seemed well. > Tried again, and got the error from number 1. > Next I added the following to the dhcpd.conf file > > host ws100 { > > option option-128 00:07:e9:0c:eb:79; > > option option-129 "NIC=e100"; > > hardware ethernet 00:07:E9:0C:EB:79; > > fixed-address 192.168.0.100; > > } > > Booted, and got error from number 1. > Next I added the following to my dhcpd.conf file > > host ws100 { > > filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.18-ltsp"; ###Note this is the addition > > option option-128 00:07:e9:0c:eb:79; > > option option-129 "NIC=e100"; > > hardware ethernet 00:07:E9:0C:EB:79; > > fixed-address 192.168.0.100; > > } > > After booting with this I got the following error > > PXE-E79: NBP is to big to fit in free base memory > > Next I change the file name line to say the follwing: > > filename "/lts/boot/pxe/pxelinux.bin"; > > This time when I boot I get the following error message: > > PXE-T101 file not found (but it is there) > > > > Again if someone could please help me I would be most grateful > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
