[K12OSN] nfs loads through crossover not through switch

["Terrell Prudé, Jr."]

I saw your solution earlier to get this working.  Very interesting.  
I've had a similar experience in the PCI world; I've had to disable some 
onboard non-Linux-friendly built-in NICs and throw in a 
3Com/Intel/Realtek 10/100 card to get things working.

All the more reason for us all to vote with our dollars.

--TP

John A. Smith wrote:

>The cheap kind! 10/100 mbs, auto-negotiating, unmanaged.
>
>http://www.gigafast.com/products/Switches/EZ800-S/EZ800-S.htm
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>-john smith
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>Terrell_Prudé,_Jr. wrote:
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>>John A. Smith wrote:
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>>>Sorry for the repost . . . but thought this needed a new thread
>>>
>>>Well I finally did get the onboard nic working on the compaq 5133. It wasn't a tlan after all but the pcnet32:lancepci etherboot floppy from rom-o-matic, configured with the CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT option.
>>>
>>>Now, however, I have a different problem. When it gets to "Doing the pivot_root" the client hangs and says "nfs server 192.168.0.254 not responding, still trying." This message goes away and everything continues to load perfectly if I disconnect the client from the switch and reconnect a crossover cable from the nic to the server.  Once X is started on the client and I log in, I can reconnect the client and server to the switch and run apps just fine.
>>>
>>>Anyone else run across this? 
>>>
>>>-john smith
>>>      
>>>


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