Shuttle SB75G2 - No PXE boot?...

Hi all,

I've got one of the above, based on an Intel 875 chipset with a Broadcom
57xx NIC.

Can't for the life of me persuade it to attempt a PXE boot.

I have a working linux DHCP server (well, it works as far as handing out IPs
to known MAC addresses - currently the entries to support PXE are
untested).

I also have a working atfptd server (tftp will get the
file /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 sucessfully).

However, despite enabling the LAN Boot, making Boot From LAN the first item
and telling the Broadcom BIOS that it's allowed to boot, I cannot get it to
even send a DHCP packet (or a BOOTP packet) to the server - I've tested for
both with tcpdump on the DHCP/TFTPD server.

I've tried forcing the Shuttle to boot from LAN via teh manual boot menu
(press ESC) and that's ignored too.

I've even tried setting the Broadcom boot BIOS thingy to "BBS", int18, int19
and "auto". I don't ever see a "Press F12" message either.

I know these things *can* PXE boot - so I am wondering what I might have
done wrong. Must be something silly?...

Thought's gratefully received :)

Cheers

Tim
.

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