Hi, I have a cluster configured with a master with a large disk and several diskless clients. The kernel configuration allows initial bootstrap and NFS mounting of the file systems via the eth0 ethernet card. The diskless client has another ethernet card (eth1), which is unused now. The boot strapping and initial NFS root mounting works via the single eth0 card. But I'd like to channel bond the two ethernet cards on the diskless clients. As far as I understand, channel bonding requires first to shutdown the active ethernet card, then configure a bond as the master and attach the ethernet cards to the bond: # ifconfig eth0 down # ifconfig eth1 down # ifconfig bond0 10.1.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.1.1.255 up # ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 However, as soon as I shutdown eth0, the client lost its NFS connection to the master. I have pulled away the carpet under my own feet....and the client freezes up. Is there a way to circumvent this problem? Can I channel-bond a connection, without shutting down the active ethernet card? Thank you. Rob. <hr size=1>Ready for the edge of your seat? <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48220/*http://tv.yahoo.com/">Check out tonight's top picks</a> on Yahoo! TV.