How to Boot Over Ethernet. Under normal circumstances, PCs boot from a local storage device, like a hard disk or USB drive, connected to the computer. Workstations, however, can be set up to boot ...

I have tried fiddling with the bus master settings for the slots. Nothing helps.<BR><BR>I looked for a BIOS update, but the only change in the newer bios is to update for Coppermine.

Once in BIOS, navigate to the Boot Menu and find the Boot Priority or Boot Configuration settings. Here, disable the option that prioritizes booting from network devices.