I think I did a pretty default installation of K12LTSP version 4.4.1 from CDs on a VALinux 1220 (dual 800 MHz PIIIs with 2048MB and two 18 GB scsci drives). I installed an Aopen AON-325 network card from DisklessWorkstations.com on a VALinux 420 (700 MHz Celeron). It takes my new LTSP server a long time to boot -- there are various messages that the BIOS is too old, MPBIOS bug, agpgart: unable to determine aperture size, etc., -- it spends a long time at TFTP ..... and says PXE-E32 TFTP open timeout -- but it finally boots linux and all the indicators are OK and green. On the server, tail -f messages displays repeated DHCPDISCOVERS and DHCPOFFERS while the client says it is "Searching for server (DHCP)..." I added a next-server line to the default dhcpd.conf -- it didn't seem to make any difference. Attached are dhcpd.conf, dmesg, and messages. Thanks, Bruce Anderson Room 44 Westmont High School 4805 Westmont Avenue Campbell, CA 95008