DHCP and e1000

[Ingo Wichmann]

mail at kwerner.net schrieb:

> What I understand is:
> PXE and TFTP are working - the installkernel is loaded, the client sends
> out DHCP requests and the server receives
> them but the client does not accept the DHCPOFFER from the server.

I had/have a similar problem and have solved it using an initrd a week ago:
http://archives.free.net.ph/thread/20061204.114733.387f4d2a.en.html
and
http://archives.free.net.ph/thread/20061206.224111.52bba247.en.html

Maybe you want to try this ...

The difference in my setup is, that my installclient does not send out
DHCP requests, or at least they do not reach out of the client.

Ingo