Re: Infinite loop attempting to find DHCP

Thanks for the quick response, Thomas.

Unfortunately, I'm required to use software that does not support gPXE, only
PXE.

Am I looking at some source code mods here?

Thanks again.

- Phil

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Thomas Miletich
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello Phil,
> please try gPXE. gPXE will exit and continue with the next boot device
> after the DHCP request failed(unless your BIOS has issues with
> that...). You shouldn't use Etherboot anymore if you don't really need
> to, as it's unsupported and hasn't been updated in a while.
>
> Thomas
>
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Phil Selmer <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm wondering if there is any way to have Etherboot quit and continue
> with
> > the normal boot sequence if there is no DHCP server found.  I've tried
> > multiple options from Rom-o-matic, but can't get one that will work.
> >
> > Currently, it will load the BIOS extension and ask "Boot from (N)etwork
> or
> > (Q)uit" for the default 3 seconds before attempting to boot the default
> > (which is network).  If it can't connect to a DHCP server, it asks again
> and
> > waits 3 seconds.  It will do that indefinitely.
> >
> > Is there any way to have it quit if it can't find the DHCP server?  If a
> > Rom-o-matic solution exists, I would prefer that as I do not have access
> to
> > a Linux box.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> >
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