You can try this fix by Benoit: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=7523380
Remember - back up your files before you overwrite them! Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: B ob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 14:31 > To: Bernard Li; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] RE: NIC trouble > > im having problems simply booting after Step 6 of the > oscar_wizard. after I completed setting up the network, and > creating a boot floppy, i tried to reboot the compute node > using the floppy. but the problem is that the network eth0 > interface uses a different driver (e1000), instead of what > the server uses (e100). thus I need to substitute the > appropriate device driver in the boot image initrc.img. > > i dont know to modify the SystemImage so that the appropiate > eth0 device driver gets loaded. > > what happens is after booting the compute node via floppy, > the DHCP lo device is listening for its ip assignment. the lo > interface is the loop back interface. it uses this because > the eth0 interface was never activated. so the connection > finally times out. > thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bernard Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "B ob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Oscar-users] RE: NIC trouble > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:20:24 -0700 > > > > > Are you having problems imaging your nodes, or simply booting after > > deployment? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Bernard > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B ob > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 13:51 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [Oscar-users] RE: NIC trouble > > > > > > I have similar troubles now where the appropriate device driver > > > should be e1000 not the e100 that the oscar server is > running with. > > > > > > I see you added it to modules.conf > > > > > > but how to rebuild the initrd.img that resides on the /dev/fd0 ? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > -Bob > > > > > > > > > From: henkwitte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > RE: NIC trouble > > > 2004-10-21 08:08 > > > > > > Well, this did the trick (with thanks to Michael Edwards ): > > > > > > add to /etc/modules.conf > > > > > > alias eth0 lance > > > options eth0 io=0x300 irq=5 > > > > > > > > > Henk Witte > > > > > > >Hello all, > > > > > > > >I am trying to setup a small OSCAR test, unfortunately I do not > > > have >machines with all the same hardware. > > > >I have managed to install the server and two clients, but when > > > rebooting >the clients, although eth0 comes >up ok, one of the > > > clients fails with a message "pfilter : > > > >/usr/sbin/ifconfig cannot find any interface", also > >RPC does not > > > start. > > > > > > > >When the system boots no eth0 interface shows with > ifconfig -a > > > > >I guess this is caused by having another NIC in this > machine than > > > in the >server / other client. I have been > > > >trying to figure out how to either configure the client > > > manually, or >create another image for this client with > > > >the correct driver, but so far without success. > > > > > > > >So, how can I create an oscar-client image for another NIC? > > > (or how can I >configure the client)? > > > > > > > >The NIC is a PCNET/ISA 79C960. > > > > > > > >Hope you can give me some suggestions, > >Thanks! > > > > > > > >Henk Witte > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > > > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > > Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE > LinuxWorld > > > Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. > > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=ick > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Oscar-users mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click _______________________________________________ Oscar-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-users
