NFS kickstart fails with e1000.ko drivers
Joe Robertson
jrobertson at convera.com
Fri May 7 22:21:25 UTC 2004
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Blandford [mailto:mlblandf at sedona.ch.intel.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 3:06 PM
> To: Discussion list about Kickstart
> Subject: Re: NFS kickstart fails with e1000.ko drivers
>
>
> Joe Robertson wrote:
>
> >I have worked on isolating this by building a new initrd.img
> file (with
> >help thanks to Richard Black) that can run a bash script in place of
> >the binary /linuxrc that is in the initial file. I tried
> loading the
> >e1000.ko file then adding a delay. I got all of this working - as
> >evidenced by output to the console. However, anaconda
> ignores this and
> >reloads the e1000.ko file later - just before it declares an NFS
> >failure.
> >
> >
> Make sure portfast is enabled on your switch. I know that causes us
> problems on gig cards if it isn't.
>
The switches I'm currently using are unmanaged netgear 24 port
(or 5 port) cheap switches so there is no way to change this.
I've tried using a crossover cable so the switch was eliminated
altogether - same results. I also tried using a 3COM 3C39036
100 Mbit switch in default mode (I'll learn how - then try
setting the portfast later to see if it helps.)
Thanks,
Joe
> Michael
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