Re: Unable to boot from disk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bodnyk, Bruce W" <BBodnyk@fciconnect.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 1:20 PM
Subject: Unable to boot from disk
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 on an HP pc. The install seems
> to proceed ok but when the machine reboots at the end of the install it
> fails with the following messages:
>
> LAN option: AMD PCnet - PCI II/PCnet - Fast Ethernet Adapter
> DHCP MAC ADDR: 00 60 B0 ED 32 CE
> PXE-E53: No boot filename received from BINL, DHCP or BOOTP.
> PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE.
> Operating System not found
>
> I am however able to boot from the floppy that is created during the
> install process. In booting from the floppy I noticed something
> strange. I can successfully ping other Unix machines on the network
> using their network name but when I attempt to ping an NT machine
> the system seems to have problems resolving the name and the
> ping fails.
>
It sounds like you have set your network card to use bootp. All I can
suggest is you take a look at /etc/init.d/networking and /etc/network once
booting via floppy.
HTH,
Shri
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Shri Shrikumar
Email: shri@urbyte.com
windows can actually crash quicker
than you can reboot it
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