How would you go about getting a kernel downloaded with pxe to load a specific nic driver, as we need to do for the e1000 card?
Note: I tried the eepro100, unless I did not try it right... On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 10:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chris, > > option-128 is NOT a mac address. > > Please take a look at http://www.LTSP.org/instructions-3.0.html > for more info about how to setup dhcp. > > Also, try the eepro100 driver. > > Hope that helps, > > Jim McQuillan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Chris Withrow wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > > Could someone please help with getting PXE booting to work with Intel Pro/1000 MT > > desktop nics (10/100/1000). > > > > > > > > I have a standard Redhat Hat 8 install – actually k12ltsp’s version 3 package. > > > > > > > > Following is what I have tried: > > > > > > > > Booted pc with nic and received the following error message: > > > > Error – could not automatically detect network card > > > > PCI cards should be detected automatically > > > > ISA card cannot be detected, so they requrire > > > > The nic driver to be specified in a ‘NIC’ = parameter > > > > To be passed on to the kernel line, > > > > Usually specified in Option-129, in the > > > > /etc/dhcpd.conf file. > > > > > > > > Realizing that this nic did not have a driver for it in the standard Redhat 8 > > system, I grabbed Intels driver and compilied it and placed it in the > > /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-14/drivers/net directory. I ran lsmod to see if it worked, > > came back with various info, all seemed well. > > Tried again, and got the error from number 1. > > Next I added the following to the dhcpd.conf file > > > > host ws100 { > > > > option option-128 00:07:e9:0c:eb:79; > > > > option option-129 "NIC=e100"; > > > > hardware ethernet 00:07:E9:0C:EB:79; > > > > fixed-address 192.168.0.100; > > > > } > > > > Booted, and got error from number 1. > > Next I added the following to my dhcpd.conf file > > > > host ws100 { > > > > filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.18-ltsp"; ###Note this is the addition > > > > option option-128 00:07:e9:0c:eb:79; > > > > option option-129 "NIC=e100"; > > > > hardware ethernet 00:07:E9:0C:EB:79; > > > > fixed-address 192.168.0.100; > > > > } > > > > After booting with this I got the following error > > > > PXE-E79: NBP is to big to fit in free base memory > > > > Next I change the file name line to say the follwing: > > > > filename "/lts/boot/pxe/pxelinux.bin"; > > > > This time when I boot I get the following error message: > > > > PXE-T101 file not found (but it is there) > > > > > > > > Again if someone could please help me I would be most grateful > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online -- respectfully, Joseph - (606) 477-2355 x140 ========================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
