[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler system add

[Peter Wright]

Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Peter Wright suggested that it looks like my vmlinuz/initrd.img
> > don't support my virtual nic.  He's probably right,  I've got to
> > figure out how to build the right vmlinz/initrd.img before I try
> > again and we see if there's a third problem lurking behind these
> > two.
>
> cobbler import will pick the kernel/initrd from the "os/images/pxe"
> directory for
> TFTP installs.   If you used "cobbler import" and your distro/profile
> didn't contain
> the word "Xen" in it, that's the one you are using.   The Xen pair
> definitely
> probably won't work.    If those don't work, the NIC is probably the
> issue -- though
> I would kind of expect them to be simulating something relatively
> standard.    Could be wrong :)
>


I memory serves me correctly VMWare emulates either an NE100 NIC or a 
generic AMD NIC (can't remember the divers specifically off the top of 
my head though).  you do not need the vm-tools package though to get the 
NIC working though - i believe the tools package addresses some 
performance problems with the virtual NIC, but i do not think it 
modifies the kernel module used.

while googling it seems they do emulate a generic AMD NIC, what's 
interesting is that the OpenBSD folks have developed a specific VMware 
driver named "vic" which "supports the vmxnet driver protocol".

-p

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Peter Wright
Systems Administrator
Sony Pictures Imageworks
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