On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:49:04PM +0100, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote:
> Jeff Kinz wrote:
> 
> >My guess is that somehow this card cannot/is not interacting properly
> >with the Compaq system.  When I trace the LAN, No traffic from this card
> >shows up, doesn't matter if there is anything else running on the LAN
> >or not
> >
> >But when I power up the Compaq I get this: 
> >
> >bootrom v1.5
> >
> >etherboot/21 v4.6.12 (GPL)
> >Rom segment 0XC800 length 0X4000 reloc 0X9800
> >etherboot/21 v4.6.12 (GPL) for tulip
> >found ADMtek Centaur-P at 0x1400 Rom address 0x0000
> >Probing,,, (Tulip)Tulip [ My mAC addr} at ioaddr 0x1400
> >TX Setup Timeout!
> >searching for server 9DHCP)...
> >TX Timeout!
> ><sleep>
> >TX Timeout!
> >  
> >

> This is an etherboot problem. Does it really show that garbage with my 
> mAX addr}?

Its actually showing the mac address of the Linksys NIC, correctly.
All the garbage would be my typos. :)

> Somehow it seems not to setup the card correctly, but that would better 
> be discussed in the etherboot-users list.

Ah - where is that found ?

> The etherboot version btw. is not very recent. I personally never used 
> 4.6.12...
> A hint for the beginning: Try setting BIOS to "Plug'n pray OS installed: 
> <no>" if that option is available.

Yep - its available, but no - that doesn't fix the problem.

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