Re: pxeboot arps for its own ip address

2005-11-20 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 02:53:04PM -0600, Josh Webb wrote: | Paul de Weerd wrote: | >So there's a couple of strange things (in my opinion) : | > | > o pxeboot shows MAC and IP with lots of 0's | > o the system tries to ARP for its own IP | | I don't know about that first one, but it is nor

Re: pxeboot arps for its own ip address

2005-11-20 Thread Josh Webb
Paul de Weerd wrote: So there's a couple of strange things (in my opinion) : o pxeboot shows MAC and IP with lots of 0's o the system tries to ARP for its own IP I don't know about that first one, but it is normal for a host to ARP for its own IP. That is what's known as a "gr

Re: pxeboot arps for its own ip address

2005-11-20 Thread Paul de Weerd
Hi Nick, Thanks for your reply. On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 03:29:13PM -0500, Nick Holland wrote: | > 3Com PXE, version 0.99n.02 | | Version numbers less than 1 are scary on commercial products. | They are annoying on free products. | | Doesn't anyone FINISH anything anymore? Great minds... | The

Re: pxeboot arps for its own ip address

2005-11-20 Thread Nick Holland
Paul de Weerd wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to install an older Dell system, an Optiplex GX-1. This is > a 600 MHz P3 with the latest BIOS (A10) from H^HDell. It has an > onboard xl(4) that supports PXE booting so I decided (after several > broken floppies) to take the pxeboot-route. > > The sy