OK I solved this after much googling and searching on HP. You MUST apply the following HP BIOS patch before Linux can boot via PXE:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/thinclients/us/download/21999.html I guess in time HP will ship the updated BIOS but this problem still exists in t5515's shipped just last week. Yes - you need windows to unzip the file, then you need to copy a few files to the supplied linux flash image and reflash the thin client's BIOS. After that it works a dream! Regards Phil On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 12:06, Phil Lewis wrote: > Hi, > > I am using LTSP-4.1 (although I've also tried 3.0), and have a working > LTSP environment for booting PCs. I have tried to get a HP t5515 thin > client working and it gets as far as 'Loading > bzImage-2.4.26-ltsp-2....' and just freezes. > > I have done a tcpdump on the communications and have found that the > kernel image is being requested and the tftp server starts to send the > file to the client and then after 20 or so packets the client freezes > and the server keeps retrying to resend the last failed UDP packet. > > I have tried to do the same tftp get from another linux client and it > does work and the checksum is correct also. > > I think I have ruled out port negotiation issues as when the supplied > HP Linux flash based distro boots things can talk just fine on the > network. > > Is there something about the t5515 that doesn't like to PXE boot > properly? > > Any ideas or suggestions welcome. > > Regards > > Phil Lewis > Unix Systems Administrator > t +44 (0) 208 636 9340 Phil Lewis Unix Systems Administrator t +44 (0) 208 636 9340 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ 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.freenode.net
