How to disable network boot on old Gateway

Potted Meat · 10-03-2008, 08:25 AM

I'm trying to breathe a little life into an old Gateway E3200 desktop that came from a local school.

I'd finished installing the OS (Xubuntu) and began putting the case back together. The problems began once the case was on. There is a small, blue springed push switch that the case holds down when it's on. Apparently this initiates some sort of network boot because when the case is on I'm sent straight to a 3Com TriCom boot config menu. Eventually this boot sequence fails. Even when I configure the net menu to where it gives me a choice to push the H key and boot to the hard drive it fails.

The only network option in the Bios is a Wake On LAN which I disabled. Boot from network is also the very last boot option far below the cdrom and hard drive.

Does anyone have a tip to keep this thing from trying to network boot? Aside from leaving the case off or breaking off the tab that holds the button. :)

Thanks much

PM

**johnwill** · 10-03-2008, 08:53 AM

I like the breaking the tab that pushes that button option.

Potted Meat · 10-03-2008, 04:07 PM

LOL Yeah I do too!

However, I've been searching about this button and believe that it's, instead, a intrusion switch. I'm not sure what the switch controls but obviously the machine acts differently when it's held down.

I've tried adding a sound card to the riser card as well as a modem and neither were detected at least according to diag tools in xubuntu.

Anyway, I have more research to do. If anyone has any insight I'd appreciate it. :)

PM

**johnwill** · 10-04-2008, 06:33 PM

Turn off the intrusion detection in the BIOS, that's normally an option.

10-03-2008, 08:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Potted Meat Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Linux	How to disable network boot on old Gateway I'm trying to breathe a little life into an old Gateway E3200 desktop that came from a local school. I'd finished installing the OS (Xubuntu) and began putting the case back together. The problems began once the case was on. There is a small, blue springed push switch that the case holds down when it's on. Apparently this initiates some sort of network boot because when the case is on I'm sent straight to a 3Com TriCom boot config menu. Eventually this boot sequence fails. Even when I configure the net menu to where it gives me a choice to push the H key and boot to the hard drive it fails. The only network option in the Bios is a Wake On LAN which I disabled. Boot from network is also the very last boot option far below the cdrom and hard drive. Does anyone have a tip to keep this thing from trying to network boot? Aside from leaving the case off or breaking off the tab that holds the button. :) Thanks much PM

10-03-2008, 08:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,679 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: How to disable network boot on old Gateway I like the breaking the tab that pushes that button option. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

10-03-2008, 04:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Potted Meat Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Linux	Re: How to disable network boot on old Gateway LOL Yeah I do too! However, I've been searching about this button and believe that it's, instead, a intrusion switch. I'm not sure what the switch controls but obviously the machine acts differently when it's held down. I've tried adding a sound card to the riser card as well as a modem and neither were detected at least according to diag tools in xubuntu. Anyway, I have more research to do. If anyone has any insight I'd appreciate it. :) PM

10-04-2008, 06:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,679 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: How to disable network boot on old Gateway Turn off the intrusion detection in the BIOS, that's normally an option. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience