[K12OSN] client fails to boot all of the way up

Dean Mumby dean at mumby.co.za
Wed Sep 5 06:49:02 UTC 2007


On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 07:41 -0700, rmcdaniel at indata.us wrote:
> This is my second post regarding this issue.  I am using HP T5525
> clients in a new lab.  I have loaded K12ltsp6 and K12ltsp7 B.5 with
> the same results.  The client grabs an IP address from the server and
> begins to boot, at the point where it displays the NIC information, it
> times out and then gets "DHCPD Error" and hangs.  I use wireshark to
> capture packets and see what is happening.  The server keeps handing
> out DHCP offer packets, but the client never seems to pick them up and
> keeps sending DHCP request.
> I have seen several similar issues in Google searches without seeing
> any real fixes for this problem.  Has anyone gotten this to work????
> 
I use a variety of hp thin clients  so i cant believe the problem is
with them ,have you tried running a crossover cable directly between the
server and the client ?


> 
> Quickly becoming bald,
> 
> Ron
> 
> Ronald R. McDaniel
> Technology Coordinator
> Conecuh County Schools
> (251) 578-1752 x30
> rmcdaniel at indata.us
> 
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