On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:05:08AM -0500, Steve Litster wrote:
> System: IBM Blade HS20 : NIC Broadcom NetXtreme (bcm 5731).
> 
> PXE boot works fine for the first stage, the kernel and intrd are 
> brought over no problem, however as the system loads and tries to get 
> its IP address via DHCP, I get the follwing:
> 
> "DHCPDISCOVER on lo to 255.255.255.255 "
> 
> Question: Is it falling back to lo becuase its not recognising the NIC 
> driver to fire up on eth0?

Yes, that is exactly what is happening.  There are instructions on
systemimager.org for building a custom kernel that will be newer and support
that hardware during installation.

        -Sean

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There is no silver bullet.  Plus, werewolves make better neighbors
than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
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