| 10:41.16 | *** join/##pxe marctw (n=marctw@94.187.92.95) |
| 10:41.20 | marctw | If I have a PXE boot server used for imaging machines, and it's not picking up any Dell machines, is there any chance this would be because the PXE Linux server that actually boots lacks the drives for the target Dell machines network card? |
| 10:42.34 | marctw | ? |
| 12:36.26 | Nirkus | marctw: could you describe your pxe setup and the imaging process in more detail? |
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| 20:00.54 | eporim | hi all |
| 20:01.12 | eporim | i would like to know if someone replied my question while i was not in the channel |
| 20:25.17 | ScytheBlade1 | 0 bytes means that it couldn't connect to the server, either due to firewalls or a malfunctioning server |
| 20:29.03 | eporim | it connected |
| 20:29.07 | eporim | i can see it in logs |
| 20:29.17 | eporim | with IP and requests for pxelinux.0 fileù |
| 20:29.32 | ScytheBlade1 | What TFTP server? |
| 20:29.35 | eporim | when it trys to download for some reason it doesn't download a single bit |
| 20:29.44 | eporim | tftp32.exe |
| 20:30.42 | ScytheBlade1 | Is there an error displayed on the laptop? |
| 20:32.34 | eporim | after trying 6 times yes |
| 20:32.45 | eporim | it says he could not get the file |
| 20:33.08 | eporim | and say press this for reboot, this other for bios setup |
| 20:33.14 | ScytheBlade1 | Use wireshark to examine the network traffic |
| 20:33.22 | ScytheBlade1 | It could be a buggy laptop BIOS |
| 20:34.22 | eporim | i don't have another pc to do such a thing |
| 20:35.50 | ScytheBlade1 | Then I can't really help you, if you can't debug your own hardware |
| 20:35.55 | ScytheBlade1 | Makes things... difficult |
| 20:40.08 | eporim | if there are other tftp servers for win with pxe server embedded i could try |
| 20:40.12 | eporim | but i cannot find one |
| 20:40.26 | ScytheBlade1 | There is no such thing (in your case) as a "PXE server" |
| 20:40.35 | ScytheBlade1 | All that PXE is is DHCP and TFTP |
| 20:41.00 | ScytheBlade1 | Any TFTP server should work, although in practice few work /well/ |
| 20:41.01 | eporim | that is, another program to make me try PXE booting for windows |
| 20:43.44 | ScytheBlade1 | Or again, it could be your laptop's PXE ROM with the problem. The solution there would be to update the BIOS in most cases |
| 20:44.08 | eporim | i cannot do it without prior installing an OS |
| 20:44.23 | eporim | it's a subnotebook without floppy and cdrom |
| 20:44.30 | eporim | and that cannot boot from usb |
| 20:44.38 | ScytheBlade1 | Then you could always transplant the laptop HD into another machine and put data on it that way |
| 20:44.51 | eporim | that was last resource, actually |
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