Problems getting old RM PC's to PXE boot

[Kyle]

I have 20 RM computers that were all purchased at the same time and are the same spec.

 

I have set the bios to PXE enabled and some have booted for RIS. Others i can get to the RIS window, i don't even get it search for the DHCP server. I have checked the bios settings of one that works against one that does not and they all appear to be the same. I have changed the Cat5 Cable, keyboard even tried to boot from a RIS disc and still no good.

 

 

Any suggestions or help?

[Butuz]

What spec RM boxes are they?

 

Usually there are two bios setting that need to be changed, the first is enable boot from network / pxe boot which you have done, the second is in the list of boot priorities you need to change this from Floppy/HDD0/CDROM etc to Network.

 

Have you done both of those?

 

Butuz

[Kyle]

Well,

 

there is no option to put the network in the boot order, just removable drive.

 

I have checked this against the one that work and they are all the same as the machines i can't get to work.

[DSapseid]

I have 2 rooms full of old RM machines that wont boot of the network. I have an app that creates a RIS floppy disk that you boot of that forces it to boot from LAN.

 

I can uploaded the app if you want.

[Butuz]

Kyle - do these RM workstations have LAN built on to the motherboard (i.e the lan port is next to the USB and printer ports) or do they have PCI LAN cards?

 

Butuz

[Kyle]

LAN on motherboard.

 

 

Sorted the probelm as well guys.

 

 

Weird one here. i found that if i disabled the Hard Drive in the boot sequence the machines woul dboot to PXE

 

I tried this on all the ones i had problems with and they are now working.

 

 

@DSapseid

Did you try this when you were having your problems?

 

I would be interested in the app as well m8. I will PM you ,y email addy

 

 

I'm sure someone will come up with an explanation for this.

[DSapseid]

@kyle - no i didnt try that, i will try next time i have to RIS one. I will email you the app now.

[DSapseid]

Just tried to email you the app and it got bounced back as an illegal attachment even though it was a zip file :?

 

Is attached to this post instead.

rbfg.zip