Syslinux - Jul 2005 - UNDI - Rom-O-Matic -- A bit off topic..

Hi,


I work in Dell Support and I have a customer with a PowerEdge 1650 Server with
Intel? PRO/1000 XT (82544GC Gigabit Ethernet Controllers).
The nic is integrated on the motherboard.

The customer is using a Linux system with DHCP+tftp to PXE boot and load an
MS-Dos 6.22 image, with an UNDI driver, over to the PowerEdge 1650 and then map
a Samba share to install Windows 2000.

The customer get the following problem:
If the Samba Server is located on a different subnet from the PowerEdge 1650
data transfer fail's, Some of the files are corrupt after transfer.
However if the Samba Server is locater on the same subnet, it works just fine.

The customer has this same problem with several PE 1650, while other systems
like PE1750 and 1850 has no problems.


  Now to my questions:

- How does the UNDI work?
  	- I belive:  the PXE boot code in the BIOS configures the NIC to be in
"UNDI mode"?

	- Does a Rom-O-Matic created Boot Floppy also set the NIC in "UNDI
mode" as well? (If not, any other option?)


The customer belive the BootCode in the Dell BIOS is causing this problem. 
  I am thinking: 
	- If he boot with a Rom-O-Matic created disk instead of using the BIOS boot
code, we can verifi if this is a problem with the Boot Code in the Dell BIOS or
not.

What do you think?



Best regards
Harald Jens?s
MCP, CCNA
Nordic Server Support
Dell AB
http://support.euro.dell.com/
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I don't see how this relates to syslinux..  Even if the customer was using 
memdisk/pxelinux combination to load the DOS image, if the images loads 
ok, then it is not a fault of syslinux.  Me thinks it's a network problem 
or a problem with the DOS image or Samba configuration.

James S. Martin, RHCE
Contractor
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Washington, DC
(202) 502-2394

syslinux-bounces at zytor.com wrote on 07/29/2005 07:20:49 AM:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I work in Dell Support and I have a customer with a PowerEdge 1650 
> Server with Intel? PRO/1000 XT (82544GC Gigabit Ethernet Controllers).
> The nic is integrated on the motherboard.
> 
> The customer is using a Linux system with DHCP+tftp to PXE boot and 
> load an MS-Dos 6.22 image, with an UNDI driver, over to the 
> PowerEdge 1650 and then map a Samba share to install Windows 2000.
> 
> The customer get the following problem:
> If the Samba Server is located on a different subnet from the 
> PowerEdge 1650 data transfer fail's, Some of the files are corrupt 
> after transfer.
> However if the Samba Server is locater on the same subnet, it works just 
fine.
> 
> The customer has this same problem with several PE 1650, while other
> systems like PE1750 and 1850 has no problems.
> 
> 
>   Now to my questions:
> 
> - How does the UNDI work?
>      - I belive:  the PXE boot code in the BIOS configures the NIC 
> to be in "UNDI mode"?
> 
>    - Does a Rom-O-Matic created Boot Floppy also set the NIC in 
> "UNDI mode" as well? (If not, any other option?)
> 
> 
> The customer belive the BootCode in the Dell BIOS is causing this 
problem. 
>   I am thinking: 
>    - If he boot with a Rom-O-Matic created disk instead of using the
> BIOS boot code, we can verifi if this is a problem with the Boot 
> Code in the Dell BIOS or not. 
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards
> Harald Jens?s
> MCP, CCNA
> Nordic Server Support
> Dell AB
> http://support.euro.dell.com/
> ***************************
> Please! Keep all history running!
> 
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