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General Category => Plop Linux => Topic started by: sysinstaller on May 24, 2011, 15:09:42 PM

Title: Problem With PXE Boot With DELL OPTIPLEX 380
Post by: sysinstaller on May 24, 2011, 15:09:42 PM
Hi,
     At our institute there are around 300 DELL OPTIPLEX 380 Pcs. When I try to remote boot it with ploplinux pxe booting. I got error 'Unable to get dhcp ip.."
can any one guide me whats exact problem ?

(All other DELL models are working very fine with ploplinux)
Title: Re: Problem With PXE Boot With DELL OPTIPLEX 380
Post by: Elmar on May 24, 2011, 15:21:42 PM
hi,
what kind of network card is used in that dell?

please boot local with ploplinux (cd or usb) and post the output of dmesg and lspci as attachment.

regards
elmar
Title: Re: Problem With PXE Boot With DELL OPTIPLEX 380
Post by: sysinstaller on May 24, 2011, 16:45:02 PM
Thanks elmar,
I will post this attachments tommorow.
Thanks in advance....