[K12OSN] Anyone using Compaq Deskpro 5133

[John A. Smith]

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






----- Original Message -----
Chris Thomas wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a whole bunch of Compaq Deskpro 5133 xl boxes.
> They do not use the tlan chipset. (I am not at the lab
> right now but,) I think they use one of the amd
> chipsets that also act as a SCSI controller. I got
> them to work with etherboot. The trick is that you
> have to click the configure button on rom-o-matic.com
> and then select CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT option because the
> 5133 have a messed up pci bus/bios implementation.
> 
> Chris
> 
> --- "John A. Smith"
> <jsmith at breakthroughministries.com> wrote:
> 
> > I actually got the tlan driver to work with a
> > Deskpro 2000, but not with the 5133s. I think I need
> > at least 100 mbps, however, so I'm trying different
> > cards. Thanks for the work though!
> > 
> > -john
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Timothy Legge wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 15:57, Jim Wildman wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, John A. Smith wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Did you use the onboard nic? What driver
> > worked with it and was it only capable of 10 mbps?
> > > > > I think it's a tlan:netflex3, but haven't
> > gotten it to work yet. 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I (and others I know) have had lots of headaches
> > with tlan cards.  My
> > > > advice would be to grab some used Intel cards at
> > your local retailer and
> > > > disable the onboard nic.
> > > 
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I wrote the etherboot driver for the tlan about a
> > year ago.  To the best
> > > of my knowledge it works fine (on all three pci
> > nics I have as well as
> > > several reports from other people).
> > > 
> > > It is likely that many people were unable to use
> > the tlan prior to this
> > > and just installed a different pci nic.
> > > 
> > > If you have issues with the tlan, I am will to try
> > to resolve it. 
> > > Contact me directly or through the etherboot-users
> > list.
> > > 
> > > Tim
> > > 
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