On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, J C wrote: > Hey Garry, > > I have just today setup several Compaq Deskpro 2000's (Model: 5166MMX) using > 3com 3c905/3c905b network cards with boot proms. Initially i was not able to > get them to boot from the proms (worked fine with floppies). Etherboot would > start but it would hang with 'Probing <3c90x>' and never proceed. For me > updating the BIOS on the Deskpro was enough to get Etherboot fully starting. > The original bios version was from 1997 and the update was from Dec 10, > 1998. It's available here(for 5166MMX, 5200MMX and 5233MMX): > > http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/deskpro/us/download/1053.html > > Another important thing to do is disable/disconnect any Hard Drives and > disable 'Boot from Removable Disk'. This got them booting like champs. After > this you'll run into problems starting XFree86 if they are the same model > deskpros as i have. Mine have onboard S3 Trio64V2/GX cards which are not > supported by Xfree86 4.1.0 (they are in 3.3.6) that comes with LTSP. I just > tossed in ATI RageII cards for now. Hope this helps! > Justin Chevrier > > PS. Is Xfree 4.2.x/4.3.0 going to be supported in LTSP in the near future? > (to any developers out there)
XFree86 4.2.99 is the version that is currently supported by LTSP. It's in the ltsp_x_core package. we also have the older 3.3.6 xservers available as separate packages. LTSP-4 will have XFree86 4.3.0. Jim. > > >I have to get 34 Compaq deskpro 2000's to boot from a server. The nics are > >8139 based with bootrom sockets. I can boot from floppy without problems > >but as yet i have problems booting from bootrom. I can't find a way to tell > >the deskpros to boot from lan using the bootrom i have programmed with the > >correct image. Does anyone have any ideas on this? > > > >regards > >garry > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft > Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. > Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. > www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Parasoft Error proof Web apps, automate testing & more. Download & eval WebKing and get a free book. www.parasoft.com/bulletproofapps1 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
