Arno, You need to read http://www.LTSP.org/README.pxe
It explains how to do what you are trying to do. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 22 May 2004, Arno Teigseth wrote: > Hi > > I have a working (on other machines) LTSP3 setup. > > I bought some IBM machines with a BIOS menu called Network boot --- PXE, > the help text saying "this choice looks for a DCHP server and then > downloads the boot image". > > Sounds great - avoiding the boot diskette etc (The NIC is onboard, with no > ROM socket of course) > > I set up dhcpd.conf to give the station an IP, this works great. The > problem is, straight after the assigned IP is displayed on the client > screen, the process stops with > > "PXE-E3A: TFTP too many packages" > > and then the client gives up, since I have set network boot as the only > boot option. After some time it reboots. > > anyone got an idea of what this error means? > Do I have to make the diskette-boot-trick? Would have been great to avoid that. > > sincerely, > > - ars longa, vita brevis - > Arno Teigseth > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ 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
