Novara Sari Jambak wrote: > i used a floppy to boot my workstation. I loaded the > file from rom-o-matic.net using cat command. But te > workstation stopped at searching for server (DHCP): > > Here is what the e\workstation displayed: > C000 32K SHADOW ENABLED > .000021.0000 DONE > ROM segment 0x0800 length 0x4000 reloc 0x9400 > Etherboot 5.0.4 (GPL) Tagged ELF for [3C5x9] > Boot from (N)etwork or from (L)ocal? N > Probing ... [3C5x9]3C5x9 board on ISA at > 0x0280-10Base2 > Ethernet address: 00:20:AF:14:B0:80 > Searchig for server (DHCP) .. > ..... > > Does it mean that it needs a DHCP server? > 'Cos in my LAN segment all machines use fixed address. > I tried to configure the dhcpd.conf for DHCP server > and then start the dhcpd. But it still displayed the > same thing. > > Please help. I really don't know what to do. > > thanks > Vara > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > > Yes of course. The Etherboot disk gets the NIC smart enough to look for a DHCP server. Then the DHCP server tells the WS it's IP and were to get the kernel from the tftp boot server. So it looks like it is time to read the docs! -- Crayne's law: All computers wait at the same speed. -- Crayne's law: All computers wait at the same speed. _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
