Re: [Ltsp-discuss] PXE-E52

[Jesse M. <jes...@co...>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:47:21 -0500
Jesse McDonnell <jes...@co...> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:51:35 +0100
> Gudmund Areskoug <gu...@up...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I tried searching the archives and documentation, but found nothing.
> > 
> > Does anyone have a clue why 3Com PXE NIC's, PXE version 0.99c.03 can't 
> > boot here?
> > 
> > I get
> > PXE-E52: No IP address received from DHCP or BOOTP
> > PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE
> > 
> > Other similar setups with e. g. PXE 0.99j and upwards work fine.
> 
> 
> Some of Intel's implementations of pxe discard IP packets with the Don't Fragment (DF) bit set. 
> As root echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc
> 
> If this works, add it to the end of rc.local to preserve the change when you reboot the server.
> 
Gudmund and future searchers in the archives ;)

Shouldn't write emails before I have my first cup of coffee in the morning! That should, of course,  read echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc 

Jesse McDonnell