Re: [Thinstation-general] Hang at boot time - GX 270

[Mike E. <thi...@gm...>]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Mike Wagner
<mik...@ma...> wrote:
> Ok, so I've got it to the point where it will get past the Thinstation init script.  Now it says DHCP server not found, and halts.  I noticed that Thinstation didn't include the e1000e driver by default.  So, I downloaded that and added it.  This is a Dell Optiplex GX270 with a Pro 1000/mt network adapter.

Is that a dual port NIC? Make sure to connect both ports. Also try the
e1000 driver (without the trailing "e").

Mike

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> Is it possible that Thinstation isn't waiting long enough for DHCP to reply?  Tomorrow I will try a static IP.
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> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Mike Wagner
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>> Hi,
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>> I’m trying to get Thinstation to work on Dell Optiplex GX270’s.  I used
>> TS-O-Matic to create PXE boot files.  Everything goes fine until it gets to
>> “Thinstation Init Script”, and then it hangs.  I’ve tried this on various
>> 270’s, and all seem to have the same problem.  Is there anything I can check
>> to find out why this is happening?
>
> Your initrd is screwed up. How did you transfer it to the TFTP server?
> FTP? Remembered to switch to binary transfer?
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> Mike
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