Leo,
Your dhcpd.conf looks pretty good. I can't see how
that file could be causing the problem.
But, here's some things to check:
1) make sure you've restarted dhcpd, and that it is definately
using that config file.
2) When the client fails, press Shift-PageUp and scroll back
through the kernel messages. You should be able to go all
the way back to where the kernel first takes control. you
should be able to see the kernel command line that is being
passed via Option-129.
3) For the NE2000 card, make sure your IO is correct. Etherboot
will display the IO address that you should be using.
4) For the 3c509 card, make sure you've disabled Plug-n-Play on
the card. You will need a 3Com utility to disable it.
5) Double check again that you've restarted dhcpd and it is using
that config file.
Jim.
On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, Leo B. Freeman wrote:
> Egg on my face - twice.
> I downloaded
> ltsp_x_core-3.0.4-i386.tgz
> a second time and installed it. the XFree86
> X-server was there, and works fine...
> I should have done this before I made any noise.
> Sorry.
>
> Now another thing. I have not been able to get the LTSP kernel
> to recognize the Ethernet card in two ISA systems.
> The kernel loads using etherboot floppies with the etherboot images
> 3C509: eb-5.1.8-3c509.zdsk and
> NE2000: eb-5.1.8-ne.zdsk
>
> I put the option-128 and option-129 statements in the dhcpd.conf
> file, but the kernel does its probes and says that I do not have any
> Ethernet card - although that is how the kernel got there in the
> first place. I have attached a copy of the dhcpd.conf, if that will
> give anybody a clue.
>
> The point of failure at bootup is with a console message
> ---
> ERROR! Could not automatically detect the network card.
> PCI cards ...
> ISA cards ... require
> the nic driver to be specified in a 'NIC=' parameter
> ... option-129, in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file
> kernel panic: Attempted to kill init
> ---
>
> Are there any tricks to debugging and getting ISA Ethernet cards
> to work?
>
> Leo B. Freeman
>
> # dhcpd.conf
> #
> option domain-name "leo";
> option domain-name-servers bootserv1.leo, fileserv2.leo;
> option routers drouter.leo;
> option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
>
> ddns-update-style interim;
> default-lease-time 600;
> max-lease-time 7200;
>
> authoritative;
> log-facility local7;
>
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 192.168.1.50 192.168.1.53;
> }
>
> host fileserv2 {
> hardware ethernet 00:C0:9F:23:6B:7A;
> fixed-address fileserv2.leo;
> next-server bootserv1.leo;
> if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "PXEClient" {
> filename "e1000-82540em.zpxe";
> }
> if substring (option vendor-class-identifier, 0, 9) = "Etherboot" {
> filename "vmlinuz.fileserv2.nbi";
> option vendor-encapsulated-options 3c:09:45:74:68:65:72:62:6f:6f:74:ff;
> }
> }
>
> option option-128 code 128 = string;
> option option-129 code 129 = text;
>
> group {
> option log-servers bootserv1.leo;
> option root-path "192.168.1.34:/opt/ltsp/i386";
> next-server fileserv2.leo;
> filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.19-ltsp-1";
>
> host jolanda486l {
> hardware ethernet 00:20:18:B1:37:CB;
> fixed-address jolanda486l.leo;
> option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00;
> option option-129 "NIC=ne IO=0x300";
> }
>
> host soyalp5l {
> hardware ethernet 00:A0:24:DB:DC:CC;
> fixed-address soyalp5l.leo;
> option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00;
> option option-129 "NIC=3c509";
> }
>
> host leo333l {
> hardware ethernet 00:10:5A:1E:E8:5E;
> fixed-address leo333l.leo;
> }
> }
>
>
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