> Usually its not pxe boot first I think.. PXE boot > first and you would see > the pxe sending out DHCP requests, and on the screen > would be like: > DHCP.../ > where the '/' is a dial, /-\|... > But if it is on your box then a workaround woud be > to set the pxe boot below > cdrom and disk, then powercycle the box, with > pulling the power cable for a > few seconds (to clear any thing in the nic's > cache/registers). This > workaround works for us, though not needed with the > fixed nge driver. > If pxe boot isn't first in the boot order, then > windows may be leaving the > nic in a state that solaris doesn't like. Again a > complete powercycle should > clear things up. While not nice, its a possible > workaround :) > Hope this helps.. > egards, > > < > < > < This message posted from opensolaris.org > < _______________________________________________ > < opensolaris-discuss mailing list > < opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > -- > Sean. > .
Just check the BIOS, this board does not seem to allow pxe boot. But you're right, b4 the fix, everytime after we have booted into Windows, we will make sure that we unplug the power cord, get a cup of java, then reboot into Solaris. Starbucks will be very happy. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
