[K12OSN] PXE boot problems...

[ROGER (Tripp) LOWE]

What other boot alternatives do I have.  Apparently, the Marvell LAN (onboard) is not
supported by Etherboot (see reply from Timothy Legge).  I could put another NIC in, but
I want to use them at 1000, not 100 (I only have more 10/100s).

If I install Linux on this machine and update the LAN driver, can I create a boot disk (automatically)
to boot diskless?

(I'm fishin' here...)
As a last resort, could I install a minimal install on the harddrive to initiate the LAN and then boot from the server?

I don't mind being creative, so if anybody has ANY suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

In the mean-time, I'll be the one in the lab banging my head against the wall.  Bandages anyone?

Thanks.






Tripp Lowe
GIS Lab Manager
D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources 
The University of Georgia
(706) 542-1074
rcl7820 at owl.forestry.uga.edu

"... don't think of it as work.  The
whole point is just to enjoy yourself."
Otter (1978)

>>> rcl7820 at owl.forestry.uga.edu 08/24/04 04:57PM >>>
Hey Folks,

I am having problems booting a client machine using PXE.
The motherboard is an ASUS p4p800-e deluxe with an 
onboard gigabit LAN (Marvell 88E8001).

When I boot the client, I get the following error on the client...
----------------------------------------------------

Freeing /linuxrc
mounting /proc

ERROR! Could not automatically detect network card....
......
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
----------------------------------------------------

I get the following message on the server 
--------------------------------------
Aug 25 04:36:49 server dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:0e:a6:95:89:e0 via eth0
Aug 25 04:36:50 server dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.253 to 00:0e:a6:95:89:e0 via eth0
Aug 25 04:36:53 server dhcpd: Wrote 0 deleted host decls to leases file.
Aug 25 04:36:53 server dhcpd: Wrote 0 new dynamic host decls to leases file.
Aug 25 04:36:53 server dhcpd: Wrote 1 leases to leases file.
Aug 25 04:36:53 server dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.253 (192.168.0.254) from 00:0e:a6:95:89:e0 via eth0
Aug 25 04:36:53 server dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.253 to 00:0e:a6:95:89:e0 via eth0
Aug 25 08:36:53 server in.tftpd[2926]: tftp: client does not accept options
-------------------------------------------

Can somebody help me out?  I'd boot from a disk, but can not figure out which selection(s)
to try on www.rom-o-matic.com.

Thanks,

Tripp Lowe
GIS Lab Manager
D. B. Warnell School of Forest Resources 
The University of Georgia
(706) 542-1074
rcl7820 at owl.forestry.uga.edu 

"... don't think of it as work.  The
whole point is just to enjoy yourself."
Otter (1978)


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