On Friday, 09.07.2010 at 13:32 +0100, Scott Clark wrote: > I'm using this proposed ubuntu-installer (from > http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy-proposed/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/) > to install hardy on Dell r210s and r410s with the BCM5716 chipset, as > the standard Hardy installer doesn't support the 5716. > > We use IPMI to remotely control the power using the builtin BMC using > a 802.1q vlan (the ipmi vlan is tagged, normal public network is > native vlan on the switchport) > > As soon as the bnx2 driver is loaded during the install ipmi stops > responding, but the install completes successfully. > > Rebooting the machine manually, ipmi starts to work again up until the > bnx2 driver is loaded again. Removing the bnx2 driver using rmmod, it > starts to respond again, but obviously I loose network connectivity. > > Installing Lucid on the same machine works as expected, the bnx2 is > loaded and ipmi still works.
I was about to suggest using Lucid, but you've said you've tried it and it works. So why do you want Hardy? Dave. -- Dave Ewart [email protected] Computing Manager, Cancer Epidemiology Unit University of Oxford / Cancer Research UK N 51.7516, W 1.2152
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