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Ian Toltz

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Jun 25, 2008, 4:19:59 PM6/25/08
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Hello,

I'm at my wits end. Here's a quick explanation of the problem, with a
more detailed explanation to follow:

I've got everything set up so that the computer can boot from the
network, get the PXE, and start Ghost automatically. However, it fails
to connect to the ghostcast server.

Detailed explanation:

The session is named ROLLOUT
I'm using -ja=ROLLOUT -sure parameters
Ghost says it's trying to contact the session ROLLOUT

But nothing happens. The server and client are both connected to an
isolated switch, there are no firewalls anywhere, and the server's
also running the DHCP, PXE and TFTP servers (all using haneWIN DHCP
server).

The network card is a Broadcom 57xx Gigabit Ethernet Controller. I've
heard of problems with this, and I've tried downloading files from all
over the net to fix it. Here's a rundown of what happens:

Using universal packet drivers:
-TCP/IP starts okay, and it attempts to connect to session but can't.

Using b57.com packet drivers from http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm
-Ghost reports no packet drivers found

Using above drivers, but adding in other files (lsl.com and
odipkt.com) and adding contents of "START.BAT" to autoexec.bat
-Ghost reports the networking hardware is not supported

Using b57.dos NDIS 2 drivers (both supplied and most recent)
-Ghost reports no packet drivers found

Help!

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