[gPXE] gPXE 1.0.0-rc1 Test Report & Question

[Robert Boerner]

Running dhcp net0 returns =

No such interface: net0



On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Neil Smith <n5eil.neil at gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert,
>
> If you boot into gPXE using the .iso , and run: dhcp net0 ,what is returned?
>
> -Neil
>
> On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Robert Boerner wrote:
>
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>> That was fast :-)
>>
>> I am not receiving any error. It just seems as if no NIC is detected.
>> Am I correct in assuming that when booting it should identify the NIC
>> in the boot messages, and that when accessing the gPXE command line
>> issuing an iftstat command should list all found interfaces? During
>> the boot it simply states No more network devices. I tried ifstat and
>> nothing was returned, and then tried an ifstat net0 (I believe the
>> syntax was correct) and I get net0: no such interface.
>>
>> I tried both the floppy and .iso image downloads from the rom-omatic
>> site referenced in the rc1 announcement. I thought about inputing the
>> device and vendor IDs, but I am not trying to flash the ROM of the
>> onboard NIC.
>>
>> One tidbit I left out earlier is that this 755 is running the latest
>> BIOS from Dell, A15.
>>
>> Your success seems to indicate I am in fact doing something wrong....
>>
>> Thanks again for your help,
>>
>> Robert Boerner
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Neil Smith <n5eil.neil at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Robert,
>>>
>>> Could you please explain in more detail what type of setup you are running, and what errors you are getting returned?
>>>
>>> I have plenty of Dell Opti 755s running on my end, with no issues...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Neil
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 26, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Robert Boerner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm a bit of a newb in terms of gPXE, but after successfully setting
>>>> up plain old PXE booting last week on a Marvell Sheevaplug, I wanted
>>>> to dip my toes into new waters.
>>>>
>>>> I saw the release announcement on the soon to be retired Etherboot
>>>> mailing list here:
>>>>
>>>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=4B5F5EA3.3040505%40etherboot.org
>>>>
>>>> and tried to download a floppy image (including all NIC drivers) to
>>>> test on my work desktop (a Dell Optiplex 755) with an Intel 82566DM-2
>>>> Gigabit NIC identified with vendor ID 8086 and device ID 10bd.
>>>>
>>>> The floppy boots but does not seem to find a supported NIC. I googled
>>>> a bit and found nothing relevant to gPXE, but I did find this bug in
>>>> your bug tracker:
>>>>
>>>> http://support.etherboot.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=43
>>>>
>>>> Although not exactly the same device, am I correct in assuming that my
>>>> NIC simply is not supported yet? Or did I simply do something wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for any help, and thanks for the work you have done.
>>>>
>>>> Robert Boerner
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>>>
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