I'm still having a problem, but I think I'm a little closer to identifying the cause, but I thought I provide a brief amount of background.
The system I've been working with is configured so that it PXE boots pxelinux.0; pxelinux.0's configuration file is such that the default boot item is the OS on the system's hard drive. The following is reproducible: 1. if I choose to load the BIOS' boot menu and opt to boot from the hard drive...I have network connectivity 2. if PXE is allowed to run but pxelinux.0 is not available from the tftp server...I have network connectivity 3. if PXE is allowed to run and downloads pxelinux.0 (and the pxelinux config file) from our tftp server...I won't have network connectivity; this is consistent with information in my initial post...when I boot from CD I'll either invoke the BIOS boot menu (press F8 at the appropriate time) or press CTRL-C as soon as PXE starts I think I wasn't accurately identifying the conditions causing the lack of network connectivity (specifically I wasn't getting a valid DHCP lease file in /var/lib/dhcp3). There were times when I was frustrated waiting for the whole PXE boot sequence to run it's course when I wanted to boot from the hard drive so, sometimes I would either use the BIOS boot menu to boot from the hard drive or I would press CTRL-C to kill off PXE. When I did that I had network connectivity. -Tom -- 9.10(beta) - wired network auto config problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445550 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
