I can tell you are having problems but I ca't really tell what they
are.  Please explain clearly what is happening and instead of the
tcpdump you sent, try:

tcpdump -s1520 -w /tmp/dmp

Send the dmp file to me with an explanation of the problems and I will
see if I can help.

Tim

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 12:23, Peter wrote:
> Peter wrote:
> 
> > Hi 2 every1
> > 
> > I'm using many WS with LTSP. Few of them have NICs with PXE option, but 
> > I can't (don't know how) to boot using PXE without floppies, so I use 
> > floppies (rom-o-matic.com web) instead (which is disturbing).
> > 
> > I read (somewhere) etherboot_PXE can download other/newer 
> > etherboot_image & use this to continue booting.
> > 
> > So my idea is to to "throwaway" floppies and:
> > 1. Boot from NIC using PXE (to download other etherboot image)
> > 2. Countinue booting using "new etherboot image" (which replaces FD)
> > 
> > TNX much for links and ideas how to solve this
> > 
> > Peter
> 
> 
> Should I try:
> 
> NO_DHCP_SUPPORT
>       Use BOOTP instead of DHCP
> or
>       DEFAULT_BOOTFILE:
>       Define a default bootfile for the case where your DHCP server does 
> not provide the information. Example:
> tftp:///tftpboot/kernel
> or
> ALLMULTI
>       Turns on multicast reception in the NICs.
> or
> MULTICAST_LEVEL1
>       Support for sending multicast packets
>       MULTICAST_LEVEL2
>       Support for receiving multicast packets
> or
> PXELOADER_KEEP_ALL
>       Prevent PXE loader (prefix) from unloading the PXE stack. You will 
> want to use this if, for example, you are booting via PXE-on-floppy. You 
> may want to use it under certain circumstances when using the Etherboot 
> UNDI driver; these are complex and best practice is not yet established.
> *or*
>       MOVEROM
>       If your motherboard does not cache adapter memory space, then this 
> option can speed up loading of compressed BOOT-Prom images. It has no 
> affect on uncompressed images. Unless you are very tight on free space, 
> you will usually want to define this option. This option must be added 
> to LCONFIG! (recommended).
> *or*
> ZPXE_SUFFIX_STRIP
>       If the last 5 characters of the filename passed to Etherboot is 
> ".zpxe" then strip it off. This is useful in cases where a DHCP server 
> is not able to be configured to support conditionals. The way it works 
> is that the DHCP server is configured with a filename like 
> "foo.nbi.zpxe" so that when PXE asks for a filename it gets that, and 
> loads Etherboot from that file. Etherboot then starts up and once again 
> asks the DHCP server for a filename and once again gets foo.nbi.zpxe, 
> but with this option turned on loads "foo.nbi" instead. This allows 
> people to use Etherboot who might not otherwise be able to because their 
> DHCP servers won't let them.
> 
> There is *many* option, so I want not to try everything - multiplying 
> ist 1000+ options.
> 
> 
> Much thanks for your help
> 
> Peter ;)
> 
> 
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