OK, Thanks Jason. We're going to try using newer NIC cards first. Teresa
-----Original Message----- From: Jason B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 2:19 PM To: Teresa Carrigan Cc: Oscar Subject: Re: [Oscar-users] another clue for Etherboot not working Try the Etherboot floppy for MAC address collection and then make sure you do Configure DHCP and then Setup Network Boot. The SMC card you have is not easily supported by the kernel, but the Etherboot disk should work. On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Teresa Carrigan wrote: > In the archives I found a post saying: > "Which version of OSCAR are you using? The later versions do not use LUI, > and therefore may not apply to your situation. When the messages come up > (during the network boot process) that it is sending DHCP requests, does > it list adapter names (i.e. things like eth0 and eth1) or does it only > list "lo" as the interface it's listening on? If it is the latter, then > your card is not getting set up by the bootdisk, and a newer version may > help (anyone have that website with the newer SIS boot kernels?). If it > recognizes your card, then make sure the network wiring is good and make > sure dhcp is set up properly on the server (and make sure it's been > restarted since the last configuration change)" > > When the client boots from the boot floppy, the messages that come up DO > list "lo" as the interface, and not "eth0". > > I'm using Oscar 1.2.1rh72. > > Any advice? Or we could try a different brand NIC I suppose... > > Teresa W. Carrigan > Professor of Computer Science > Blackburn College > Carlinville, IL 62626 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Gadgets, caffeine, t-shirts, fun stuff. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Oscar-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Gadgets, caffeine, t-shirts, fun stuff. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
