Sending DHCP requests .... timed out

[Michael Tautschnig]

[...]
> 
> When I booted a client , it got kernel from install server, and pour
> out sonething like this :
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> sk98lin: Network Driver Device v8.28.13
> (C) Copyright 1999-2005 Marvell (R)
> eth1: Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000BaseT-Adapter
>      PrefPort: A RlmtMode: Check Link State
> forcedeth.c : Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver Version 0.29
> .
> .
> .
> Sending DHCP Requests ..........timed out !
> IP-Config: Reopening network devices
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> As suggested before, I disabled FireWire in BIOS.
> 
> Could you tell me what version of kernel and Marvell Yukon Driver you
> used to install those machines.
>

I tried using 2.6.11.11 and (I think) 2.6.8 and they worked like a charm; but so
do they for you - as seen above, your chip is detected as eth1 - and most
probably that's the problem. So this is just what
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=337271
is about. You need to specify the interface in your kernel boot options in the
PXE configuration.

HTH,
Michael
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