[syslinux] pxe & 3c920

[Amy Tanner]

On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 02:52:55PM -0500, Amy Tanner (atanner at ahpcrc.org) wrote:
> I'm trying to use PXE to boot & install RedHat boxes.  I have it working
> with one NIC card, but am having problems with a Dell Precision
> Workstation 530.  According to the specs the card is as follows:
> 
> integrated 3C920-based 10/100 3Com® Ethernet controller with Remote Wake
> Up capabilities (3C905C-TX compatible)
> 
> The problem with this particular machine/NIC is that it's getting ARP
> Timeouts when it starts the TFTP.  tcpdump shows an arp request looking
> for the gateway, but no reply.
> 
> Some background info:
> 
> Server:
> ISC dhcp 3.0pl1
> tftp-server 0.28 (ships with RH 7.3)
> 
> The client machine I'm trying to boot is on a different subnet.  The
> cisco router is relaying dhcp to the above machine.
> 
> I can successfully boot different hardware with the same configuration
> on this same subnet.
> 
> Anyone experience this or have any ideas?  Thanks.

I should add that when the dhcp server & tftp server are on the *same*
subnet, everything works fine.  However, that's not what we'd prefer to
do.  Thanks again.

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Amy Tanner
AHPCRC
612-337-3423
atanner at ahpcrc.org