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Name: methodlessman
Date: February 5, 2004 at 06:46:33 Pacific
Subject: PXE errors
OS: None, soon to be XP
CPU/Ram: 350mhz/128mb RAM
Comment:

I am working on a setting up a computer lab at my school using the older computers. Several of the computers are giving the error that primary hard disk 1 and 0 aswell as secondary hard disk 1 not found. I have fixed this as when I put in DriveScrubber it detects the hard drive.

I have done some research and it seems the error I am getting is related to booting off of a network. I went into to BIOS and made sure that Wake Up LAN is off. I have also checked, and all cables are plugged in have messed with the boot sequence.

It no longer gives me the hard disk not found error but I still get the PXE med test failure error. Exact message is:

3Com PXE, version 0.99j.03
Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
(C) Copyright 1992 Lanworks Technologies Co. a subsidiary of 3Com Corporation

PXE-E61: Media Test Failure,check cable.
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE

strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility


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Name: methodlessman
Date: February 5, 2004 at 07:00:38 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Also it doesn't run through the entire startup screen and stops before it even reaches the halfway point.


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