ei tnx a lot guys! I'm going to try your suggestions now.
On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:39:21 -0800 (PST), John Beckett
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've worked with 3c905C-txm cards. I actually replaced
> a bunch of 3c905b cards with the 3c905c-txm.
>
> First of all, are you SURE your 3c905b cards have the
> appropriate ROM to support PXE. If there is nothing
> plugged into a large socket at the back of the card, I
> think you may be out of luck unless you buy a ROM chip
> to go in the socket.
>
> I found it was less expensive to buy 3c905c-txm cards
> in bulk off eBay than to mess with buying ROMs to plug
> in my 3c905b cards. The 3c905c-txm cards are
> netbootable with the stock ROM chip.
>
> Also, I had to use 3Com's MBA flash utility and card
> configuration utility to flash my 3c905c-txm cards to
> the most recent MBA firmware, then use the config tool
> to turn on netboot. There may be a similar utility for
> the 3c905b cards....dunno.
>
> Once you've got a card that's netbootable, you'll need
> to make sure your DHCP server is sending the right
> information to the client when it queries it...Check
> your DHCP logs to monitor your progress...When you
> make changes to DHCP zap /var/lib/dchp/dhcpd.leases
> and restart dhcpd...In case it helps, here's the
> relavent entries in my dhcpd.conf ...Keep in mind that
> I use a different server for DHCP than my LTS...Once
> you get DHCP working, start watching your TFTP server
> logs for activity.
>
> Best of luck...make absolutely sure your cards are
> cabable of PXE before getting frustrated with DHCP,
> TFTP etc.
>
> John
>
> ##############
> #dhcpd.conf
> allow booting;
> allow bootp;
>
> subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0
> {
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option domain-name "notshown.org";
> option routers 192.168.2.1;
> option broadcast-address 192.168.2.255;
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.2.1;
> range dynamic-bootp 192.168.2.200
> 192.168.2.253;
> default-lease-time 86400;
> max-lease-time 86400;
> ##############
> #LTSP
> group { #LTSP
> option root-path "192.168.2.5:/opt/ltsp/i386";
> filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-mba";
> use-host-decl-names on;
> get-lease-hostnames true;
> next-server 192.168.2.5;
>
> host ltsp001 {
> hardware ethernet 00:01:02:c0:73:a1;
> fixed-address 192.168.2.101;
> }
>
> } # end LTSP Group
>
> } # end subnet
>
> ## end dhcpd.conf
> #############
>
>
> --- Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Von,
> >
> > PXE on LTSP is really simple. If you've installed
> > LTSP-4.1, then all
> > you need to set in your dhcpd.conf file is this:
> >
> > filename "/lts/2.4.26-ltsp-2/pxelinux.0";
> >
> >
> > Possibly, you'll need to put "/tftpboot" in front of
> > the pathname,
> > like this:
> >
> > filename
> > "/tftpboot/lts/2.4.26-ltsp-2/pxelinux.0";
> >
> > That all depends on whether your tftpd is setup to
> > do a '-s /tftpboot'
> > or not.
> >
> > You can also go to http://wiki.ltsp.org and search
> > for 'PXE'. There's a
> > couple of docs there, describing how to set it up.
> >
> > Jim McQuillan
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Von Valerio wrote:
> >
> > > Hi! PXE and linux noob here!
> > >
> > > My goal:
> > > boot "diskless" workstation using PXE
> > >
> > > What I have:
> > > server w/ SiS network card
> > > clients with 3com 309b network card (PXE
> > compliant)
> > > mandrake 10.x
> > > ltsp 4.1
> > > -->ltsp works if I use a floppy
> > >
> > > My problem:
> > > -->I don't know how to do it. I tried Marty
> > Connor's docs but I could
> > > not understand them. I tried following it but I
> > can't make it work. Is
> > > it because that it's not for diskless
> > workstations?
> > > -->/tftpboot/lts/kernel_configs does not exist
> > > --> I assume the changes to be made are on the
> > server side since my
> > > client are diskless
> > > -->how do i turn PXE on(both client and server if
> > there is such a thing)
> > > -->must both client and server support PXE or is
> > it the client only
> > > -->where shoult I put the *.zpxe? what directory?
> > > ==>IS THERE OTHER DOCUMENTATIONS THAT CAN HELP ME
> > THAT IS MORE DETAILED?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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