[K12OSN] compaq deskpros

[Petre Scheie]

Ah, my mistake: This box is a GX110, not a GX1,  The latest BIOS version is A09, which I 
already have.  Nuts!  Oh well, etherboot floppies get the job done.

Petre Scheie wrote:
> I've got version A09.  Perhaps that's the key: maybe A10 allows net/PXE 
> boot.  In the BIOS setup, there is only one screen, with a scroll bar on 
> the right; Alt-P has no functionality on this machine.
> 
> I'll see if there's a later BIOS version.
> 
> Les Mikesell wrote:
>> Petre Scheie wrote:
>>> I suspect not all Dell GX1 machines are the same.  I have one that I 
>>> use for some other things, but thought I'd try to test it as a 
>>> client.  Despite upgrading the BIOS, there's no option in the setup 
>>> for network booting (PXE or otherwise).  I'd love to be insulted by 
>>> someone telling me there is a way to make this happen.  An etherboot 
>>> floppy doesn't count, I'm already doing that; I want to make it boot 
>>> via BIOS setting.
>>
>> What bios version do you have (it should show on the first boot 
>> screen).  I think you need
>> A10 or whatever is the latest.  Then in the bios setup you hit alt-P 
>> to go to the second
>> page and ctl-shift-right-arrow on boot order to set PXE ahead of the 
>> hard drive.
>>
> 
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