MAC address not found, maybe slightly off topic.

[Glenn Satchell]

>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:05:16 +0100 (CET)
>Subject: MAC address not found, maybe slightly off topic.
>From: "Twanny Azzopardi" <twanny at line.sytes.net>
>To: dhcp-users at isc.org
>
>Dear dhcp-users,
>
>This may be a bit off topic. I'm trying to boot a pxe client by passing
>pxegrub. I compiled grub with --enable-preset-menu --enable-sis900
>--enable-diskless. The client boots but when it processes bootp I get the
>following error:
>
>bootp
>Found sis900 @ 0x8800, ROM address 0xff80
>Probing...[SIS900]sis900_probe: Error EEPROM read FFFF
>sis900_probe: Error MAC address not found
>[SIS900]sis900_probe: Error EERPOM read FFFF
>sis900_probe: Error MAC address not found
>
>Error 12: Invalid device request.
>
>Any ideas?

Try capturing the traffic on the dhcp server to see what requests and
replies are being sent. It may not even be getting the packets onto the
network. The 'Error EEPROM read FFFF' sounds like some sort of issue
with the network card..

regards,
-glenn
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