[K12OSN] compaq deskpros
Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
Mon Jan 22 19:16:11 UTC 2007
Petre Scheie wrote:
> I suspect not all Dell GX1 machines are the same. I have one that I
> use for some other things, but thought I'd try to test it as a
> client. Despite upgrading the BIOS, there's no option in the setup
> for network booting (PXE or otherwise). I'd love to be insulted by
> someone telling me there is a way to make this happen. An etherboot
> floppy doesn't count, I'm already doing that; I want to make it boot
> via BIOS setting.
What bios version do you have (it should show on the first boot
screen). I think you need
A10 or whatever is the latest. Then in the bios setup you hit alt-P to
go to the second
page and ctl-shift-right-arrow on boot order to set PXE ahead of the
hard drive.
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Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
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