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  • 25-11-2003 12:35am
    #1
    selephonic
    Registered Users Posts: 384 ✭✭


    Hi all

    I just got a cheapy computer from work, just an old dell pentium2. Basically I just want to set it up with my other machine to share printer, internet etc. I have my NIC cards hooked up with a crossover cable and everything seems fine on my own machine.

    The problem is the work machine seems to need a LAN to startup. It says

    Intel LANDesk service agent for 3C90X version 0.98i

    DHCP MAC ADDR: 00 C0 4F 9C 56 3B
    BOOTP........
    Then says :

    PXE-E52: No IP address received from DHCP or BOOTP.

    I can't get into the operating system, tried a bootdisk, I've no idea how to set the IP address without even a Dos prompt.

    I don't know what the hell I can do.

    Any ideas folks?

    For your info I'm running Win98se on my own computer


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  • #2
    mr_angry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭mr_angry


    I'm sure there's a way to do it, but personally, I'd just cop out and reformat the work machine with a new OS. Unless of course it contains files you want.


  • #3
    selephonic
    Registered Users Posts: 384 ✭✭selephonic


    I was thinking the same but I'd prefer to see if there's another way. I'll probably end up doing this though.


  • #4
    po0k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    It seems to be looking for a machine to boot off of.
    Enter the BIOS and disabled "Boot From LAN"
    See if that helps any bit.


  • #5
    Gerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭Gerry


    Go into the bios. If you can't get in or change anything, theres a jumper on the front of the motherboard labelled "BIOS PW" ( if its an optiplex gx1 ) or something similar, remove it. In the bios, change the onboard lan setting to "PXE disabled", and/or change the boot order so the hard drive is before lan.


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