RE: [K12OSN] Mike--300PL

[Bert Rolston <bert rolston clear net nz>]

Hi Caleb.

What is the NIC chipset on these machines?

I recall having difficulties with some earlier Realtek chipsets even
with NT. I struck this in late 1999. From memory it was the B revision
in IBM machines.

HTH
Bert

On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 03:42, Caleb Wagnon wrote:
> Well I've done all that and they are all trying to boot from network
> alright......but some just get to looking for dhcp server and sit there.
> 
> --
> Caleb Wagnon MCP A+ CCNA
> Technology Coordinator
> Fordyce School District
> 870.352.2968 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: k12osn-admin redhat com [mailto:k12osn-admin redhat com] On Behalf
> > Of Crouse-K12LTSP6088 mailblocks com
> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:39 AM
> > To: k12osn redhat com
> > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Mike--300PL
> > 
> > I had to adjust a bios setting in one of my 300pl's to make it boot
> > from the network. You might double check your bios settings.
> > 
> > Dave Crouse
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Caleb Wagnon <cwagnon redbugmail k12 ar us>
> > To: k12osn redhat com
> > Sent: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:26:46 -0600
> > Subject: [K12OSN] Mike--300PL
> > 
> > Mike Mentioned 300PL's (although maybe not as terminals)
> > 
> > We're planning on using the IBM 300PL's as terminals here. Many of them
> > boot
> > just fine with no extra configurations necessary...just install ltsp and
> > plug 'em in.
> > 
> > There are several that don't see a dhcp server though and won't boot. I
> > noticed that they all have the same hardware only the ones that won't
> > boot
> > have an extra letter on the model number of the onboard nics (hafta get
> > that
> > to you guys sometime so I can be more specific). Just wondering if
> > anyone
> > knew what would cause this.....
> > 
> > --
> > Caleb Wagnon MCP A+ CCNA
> > Technology Coordinator
> > Fordyce School District
> > 870.352.2968
> > 
> > > The other effort was a box I needed to get quickly up to develop a
> > > solution to a problem we have with some admin machine routing here in
> > > the district. The hardware I had available (IBM 300PL's - 500MHz PIII
> > > and 3C905 netcards) would not work with Fedora. I tried two 300PL's
> > and
> > > three network cards. I haven't figured out whether it's the
> > combination
> > > of devices or just one of them but I get a pci error with Fedora and
> > the
> > > second nic in the pci slot won't work. Since I needed to get work
> > done I
> > > just threw Mandrake 9.1 on the box (the only other CD's I had with me)
> > > which worked fine on the same hardware and I did what I needed to.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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