"Delgado, Ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The x330 family uses Intel Pro 100 NICs, using the E100B.dos driver. > > The network boot gets stuck when tcptsr.exe is called to get an > address. Things just hang at this point.
So "net initialize /dynamic" loads the e100b driver and correctly identifies the network card? Does this system have multiple NICs? If so, you might try disabling one of them in the BIOS. Do things hang permanently, or do they eventually time out with an error message? (If so, what message?) Try "grep dhcpd /var/log/messages" on the DHCP server, and look for entries with your machine's MAC address. I have seen DHCPREQUESTs sent to the server and DHCPACKs sent back but never received by the client. This is a symptom of the driver using the correct I/O address but the wrong IRQ. The interrupt is only needed to receive packets, not to send them... So if the IRQ is wrong, the driver can send DHCP requests but cannot see the replies. (If this is the problem, we can fix it with some hacks to protocol.ini.) > I read somewhere on microsoft that tcptsr.exe would hang without > options dhcp-rebinding-time and dhcp-renewal-time, which both have > now been added to dhcpd.conf with a value of 300 (seconds). still > no go. I have never heard of this, nor do I set these options on my DHCP server (RedHat Linux 6.2). > Anyone have a similar type setup, or run into similar issues with > tcptsr.exe? Is there anything I should specifically include in the > dhcpd.conf file for the address to be returned? I really feel the > issue is on the server end... I would not be so sure. Definitely check the logs. Can these machines boot from the network? If so, you might try that. The "universal" undis3c.dos driver talks to the PXE stack, not the network hardware. So at least it should fail differently :-). - Pat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here: http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/345/0 _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
