Using the latest Ubuntu Live CD (9.04 RC), here's what I got... p.s. the network connection worked and I was able to get online.
ubu...@ubuntu:~$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.28-11-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 8 04:38:53 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux ubu...@ubuntu:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03) 00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 03) 00:03.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PT IDER Controller (rev 03) 00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Serial KT Controller (rev 03) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a2) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JDO (ICH10DO) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA RAID Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3450 ubu...@ubuntu:~$ Steve -----Original Message----- From: tovis [mailto:mailer.to...@freemail.hu] Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 4:36 PM To: Stephen Kojoukhine Cc: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Unattended] Dell Optiplex 960 boot problem > I noticed that it does list the device as detected but fails to do DHCP > for some reason and drops to shell. These are the detection lines: > > > > Looking for PCI devices of class 0x020000 (mask 0xFFFF00) > > 00:19.0 0200: 8086:10de (rev 02) > > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Device 10de (rev 02) > > > > Then it looks for pcmcia devices, of which there are none. > > Then it tries DHCP and I get... > > > > *** eth0 not found > > *** eth1 not found > > *** eth2 not found > > Failed to obtain DHCP lease. > > > > Hope this helps... help me. > Not so much. Better you try a recent live Linux CD. Boot from that. Check lspci (lsit pci devices) and check does it recognize your card (recent version!). > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > > > From: Stephen Kojoukhine [mailto:stephen.kojoukh...@cba.ufl.edu] > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:15 AM > To: unattended-info@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Unattended] Dell Optiplex 960 boot problem > > > > After net-booting with pxelinux and during the ./etc/master script > execution, there is an issue with detecting Ethernet adapters on a new > Dell OptiPlex 960 model. I haven't built these guys with unattended > before. Is it possible that the kernel doesn't have the drivers for the > updated Ethernet? > > > > I'm using the latest release I could find, 4.8RC5 found at > http://unattended.sourceforge.net/testing/ and am using the pxelinux > files from it. If I understand things correctly (not much of a linux > guru), the initrd file is the linux image that gets booted with pxe. Is > that image custom tailored for unattended? What are my options, can I > use another more up to date distro in its place? > > > > Anyway, I'd like to update my environment to allow the deployment of > these new machines so any help would be appreciated. They seem to use > the Intel 825xx Gigabit Platform LAN Network Device. > > > > - Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and > around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save > $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. > 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. 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