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 ;) > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&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: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&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
