Thanks Jim, I was unaware of that process. Pretty slick to have an online update for LTSP.
My NIC is a VIA Rhine II. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim McQuillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 6, 2006 1:26 pm Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] dhcpcd failed issue To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] > Fred, > > I recommend starting out by updating your LTSP installation. > > Using ltspadmin, you can install the latest updates. You just need to > point ltspadmin to the main ltsp repositories. > > That would be: > > http://ltsp.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ltsp/ltsp-4.2/ > > It should show several packages that need to be updated. Go ahead and > apply the updates. At the end, you should end up with at least 2 > kernels.The 2.6.16 and the 2.6.17. > > Try setting the 'filename' entry in your dhcpd.conf file to either > one of > those kernels and then try booting the client. > > If that doesn't work, it would really help if we knew which network > chipset your client has. It may require cracking the case open and > lookinginside at the chips. > > Without that, we're just stabbing in the dark. > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Fri, October 6, 2006 10:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Thanks John, > > > > I may have my terms wrong. I set the bios on the Neoware to > enable the > > bootrom. It starts writing to the black screen just like my other > > non-Neoware PCs that work. It sends a dhcp request. THe server > gives an > > IP, then the server does three tries of DHCPDISCOVER/OFFER with no > > success. THe client then shows dhcpcd failed, kernel panic, etc. > > > > > >>I may be wrong, but the mention of "PCI" leads me to suspect that > the> PCI LAN > >>boot means that it will use a bootrom on the PCI LAN NIC. Is > there such > > a ROM > >>on your hardware? If not, then that would be consistant with your > surmise>>that there is no NIC driver, but unfortunately that would > mean you > > won't be > >>booting diskless until a bootrom in installed. Since it is > reporting a > > dhcp > >>failure, I think that this scenario is likely. If the failure came > > *after* it > >>had an IP address, then it might be a PXE vs. Etherboot issue. > > > > On Friday 06 October 2006 09:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> Sorry if this is a duplicate, I was haveing "suspicious header" > > problems. > >>> > >>> Hi, thanks to those who helped me realize my Neoware client was > not>>> really functioning as an LTSP client. I now have it set to > do PCI LAN > >>> boot, but I am getting the "dhcpcd failed - kernel panic > message at > >>> boot. I have read in the archives about this usually being > where there > >>> is no driver found for the LAN card. It is a fairly new > Neoware e140. > >>> I have regular PC LTSP clients workng fine from the same server. > >>> > >>> There are no media drives on this unit, so alternate booting is > not a > >>> possibilty. I am using 4.2u2. I see 4.2u3 upgraded the kernel, > >>> perhaps > >>> that added a LAN driver? Do lan driver problems get fixed by > using>>> newer kernels or do you have to add the actual driver you > need to > >>> kernel. If anyone has "the worlds biggest LTSP kernel" that > has all > >>> drivers, please send it to me. Can I just get the upgraded 4.2u3 > >>> kernel > >>> file and put it in my 4.2u2 system or does that not work? > Where would > >>> I > >>> get the new kernel file? I installed from iso onto SLED 10, > but I > >>> don't > >>> see a 4.2u3 or 4 iso, is one available? > >>> > >>> Thanks for any ideas, > >>> fred > >>> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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