Are you using etherboot or an builtin PXE boot rom? PXE boot roms won't boot ltsp directly and the screen looks like you describe. If you are using PXE get the etherboot floppy image and try that. http://www.rom-o-matic.net. Alternatively read the PXE howto.
---Venkat. Izauddin Mohd Isa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi guys, > > This may not be a ltsp problem, but I thought maybe someone might have > across > this problem already. > > We are setting up a thin client lab using ltsp 3.0 running on redhat > 7.3. Setting up the > ltsp on the server is no problem, but the client cannot boot from the sever. > > The client is a Compaq Deskpro SB Evo D380m. It came with a built-in intel > eepro 100 nic. ( the pc have pxe in it ). Since we want to use the > etherboot boot > rom, we install another 3com 3c905B with the 5.0.6 etherboot boot rom in > the > client. > > the problem is the boot rom is working well and can detect the 3c905B nic, > search for the DHCP server, connected and get an ip address, after > getting the > ip address and located the kernel file, starting to download the kernel > and it > hang. It hang at the kernel download section ( at the ........ after the > (NBI) . > > Running ethereal at the server show that the client seem to lost the ip > address > that it get from the DHCP server, because after the doing tftp to the > client until > data block 9 it stop tftp and doing arp asking where is the client ip > address. > > When we try to use a boot floppy, by taking out 3c905B nic it give the same > problem as above. We put another pc ( Dell ) and boot it using the 3c905B or > a boot floppy, it can boot the kernel and ltsp fine. > > Anybody have encounter this ? any solution ? > > Thanks > > Regards > Din > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference > August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm > > _____________________________________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _____________________________________________________________________ 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
