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====== Hardware Issues ======

This page contains some issues that people had while using gpxe.

===== 3Com 3C905-TX Card =====


This card is known to not support gpxe while using the MBA v4.0.

==== Symptoms ====

gPXE loads, negociate the link speed but the DHCP doesn't grab any valid adress even if the DHCP server make an offer.
This is due to a buggy PXE rom, this usually happens on the MBA (Master Boot Agent) v4.0.

==== How to Fix ====

3com deliver a firmware upgrade and can be downloaded [[ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/util430.exe|here]].
This file have to be decompressed and run in a real dos mode.

Then run //mbaflash.exe//

If you don't have any dos system or floppy (this become more & more rare theses days), you can use this [[http://konilope.linuxeries.org/pxe/dos.img|floppy disk image]]. Then add an entry in your pxelinux configuration file like :

  LABEL flash
   KERNEL memdisk
   APPEND dos.img

The //dos.img// file must be put, in this example, at the root path of your tftp server.

Then boot your PXE and call the //flash// entry. The freedos environment loads and then call //mbaflash.exe//

Trace: • asdlkf • debian_etch_iscsi • week5 • week2

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