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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 01:45 PM

How do I get a W2100z (Sun dual opteron box) to PXE boot?

I know how this is supposed to work. Hit F12 early on and it goes to
network boot. But it simply ignores it.

Going into the boot menu (and setup) doesn't show any network boot
options or PXE options at all. They're not disabled or anything like
that. They simply aren't present at all. Most odd.

--
-Peter Tribble
MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research
http://www.rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk/~ptribble/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 01:45 PM

In article <cttgvu$264$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>,
Peter C. Tribble <ptribble@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> wrote:
>How do I get a W2100z (Sun dual opteron box) to PXE boot?

The default BIOS setting with the BIOS, at least with the BIOS
on the Supplemental 1.3 CD, has PXE disabled.

BTW The Supplemental 1.3 image is online but not yet on SunSolve.
<URL:http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/w2100z/downloads.html>

John
groenveld@acm.org

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 01:45 PM

In article <cttjse$hqj$1@neuromancer.cse.psu.edu>,
groenvel@cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) writes:
> In article <cttgvu$264$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>,
> Peter C. Tribble <ptribble@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> wrote:
>>How do I get a W2100z (Sun dual opteron box) to PXE boot?
>
> The default BIOS setting with the BIOS, at least with the BIOS
> on the Supplemental 1.3 CD, has PXE disabled.
>
> BTW The Supplemental 1.3 image is online but not yet on SunSolve.
> <URL:http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/w2100z/downloads.html>

Thanks. I've updated the BIOS. Still no evidence that PXE exists at all
though. Most odd. Is there any way to enable it, or is this not going
to work at all?

--
-Peter Tribble
MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research
http://www.rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk/~ptribble/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 01:46 PM

In article <cu02vt$rpq$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>,
Peter C. Tribble <ptribble@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> wrote:
>Thanks. I've updated the BIOS. Still no evidence that PXE exists at all
>though. Most odd. Is there any way to enable it, or is this not going
>to work at all?

I recall an "enable PXE" under "Advanced" and "Chipset options"
in the BIOS.

John
groenveld@acm.org

#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 01:46 PM

In article <cu0pbi$jkb$1@neuromancer.cse.psu.edu>,
groenvel@cse.psu.edu (John D Groenveld) writes:
> In article <cu02vt$rpq$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>,
> Peter C. Tribble <ptribble@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> wrote:
>>Thanks. I've updated the BIOS. Still no evidence that PXE exists at all
>>though. Most odd. Is there any way to enable it, or is this not going
>>to work at all?
>
> I recall an "enable PXE" under "Advanced" and "Chipset options"
> in the BIOS.

Indeed there is.

Many thanks!

--
-Peter Tribble
MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research
http://www.rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk/~ptribble/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/

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