[K12OSN] Broadcom 440x wierd problem
jconlon1 at elp.rr.com
jconlon1 at elp.rr.com
Wed Apr 26 19:47:13 UTC 2006
I have an Inspiron 6000 laptop running dual boot. The NIC in the laptop
is a Broadcom 440x 10/100. In the Linux side I am running K12LTSP
4.4.1. When I boot to the linus\x side as a stand alone the kernel
finds the NIC and activates it no problem.
HOWEVER
There are times when I need to or would like to run the inspiron as a
thin client. The server is also running K12ltsp 4.4.1. It has an AMD
Athalon processor and 1.5 Gig of RAM. When I activate the PXE boot in
the laptop the server starts to load up the terminal stuff and then I
get the following:
Running /linuxrc
Mounting /proc
ERROR! Could not automatically detect the network card.
PCI cards should be detected automatically.
ISA cards cannot be detected, so they require the nic driver to be
specified in a ‘NIC=’ parameter to be passed on the kernel command line,
usually specified in option-129. in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file. See the
LTSP docs for more info.
Kernal panic: Attempted to kill init!
When this happens everything in the Inspiron stops and the NUMLOCK and
CAPSLOCK lights blink. I have to turn the Inspiron off and back on to
clear this and allow it to boot as a stand alone.
Any suggestions or help on fixing this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Pat
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