[K12OSN] etherboot "slow dots"

[Peter Scheie]

http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Troubleshooting-Wont_Boot#Etherboot_seems_to_start_downloa

Petre

Shawn Powers wrote:
> I have some older IBM computers that use etherboot because they don't 
> support PXE.  For some reason, several of them started showing a problem 
> where the "dots" that fill up the screen during the boot process are 
> glacially slow, and the computers often will fail to boot all the way.  
> A different computer, sitting right next to it, booting PXE, boots up 
> lightning quick.
> 
> These computers have been thin clients for years, and are connecting to 
> the same server all year.  Any ideas where I can troubleshoot the 
> booting problem?  It's very odd...
> 
> -Shawn
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