[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> I am using unattended4.x to install windows 2000 workstations and recently 
> I started testing with PXE and the pxelinux version that is shipped with 
> unattended. This al goes fine on systems with PXE built-in. Some systems 
> don't and I use the Windows rbfg.exe utility for these. Also no problem 
> here. But some systems don't have PXE built-in, and are not supported by 
> rbfg.exe. So I started looking for another solution, which I thought was 
> etherboot (www.etherboot.org). The puzzle seemed solved, but when starting 
> a system with an etherboot floppy, the following happens: This system 
> detects the network card, gets a DHCP lease and then it spits out 
> "pxelinux.0 is not a valid image".
> 
> Is there someone with similar problems or even better, someone with a 
> solution? I know there are some configuration settings for etherboot, and 
> I've tried a few, with no luck. I also tried Rom-o-Matic from the 
> etherboot site.

I suggest taking this question to the SYSLINUX list
([EMAIL PROTECTED]), since it is really about PXELINUX and not
Unattended.

That said, I am curious why you are bothering.  I mean, if your card
has no PXE built-in, so relegated to booting from floppy anyway, why
not just use a DOS boot floppy with the right drivers for your card?

 - Pat


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