x200_pxe_e05

repair intel 82567LM gigabit ethernet (lenovo thinkpad x200)

Error while bootup:

"PXE-E05: The LAN adapter's configuration is corrupted or has not been initialized. The Boot Agent cannot continue."

In my case a bug in the e1000e driver in Kernel 2.6.27 caused this.

Try at your own risk!

1. Download the " Intel Boot Agent BIOS image utility - IBABUILD " Version 13.1 Date: 7/23/2008 (or newer) Download here
2. Create a bootable SD-Card or USB-Device with FreeDos / MS-Dos and extract everything from your download into a folder.
3. Start the Notebook and while "Thinkpad" appears press F12 -> choose your device
4. cd *yourfolder*
5. IBAUtil.exe -NIC=1 -DEFCFG

This will reset the ethernet controller. Good Luck!

Howto boot with SD-Card / USB-Stick / other flash-device:
I think I'm not allowed to deliver a download with the intel-tools, but here are 2 Images (SD-Card and CF-Card) with bootable FreeDOS.

Download

1. Download the zip-file, extract it.
2. Start -> cmd -> cd c:\yourfolder\dd\
3. Do something like this:
dd if=c:\yourfolder\sd_card_freedos.dd of=\\.\t:
( t has to be your Flashdrive! )

Now you've got a bootable Stick with FreeDOS. Copy the intel-tools on it.
This helped me a lot, only the version of iabuild.exe was too old.
dd.exe help.