So you're saying even with the kernel and initrd.img generated by UYOK
your network adapter still cannot be recognized?

Cheers,

Bernard 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Steven A. DuChene
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 15:01
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] systemimager boot kernel not 
> seeing network
> 
> Actually since I had already pulled an image from the various 
> systems I designated
> as golden-clients, I had already run si_prepareclient on 
> those systems PRIOR to
> pulling the images. As a result in the 
> 
> /var/lib/systemimager/images/my_imagename/etc/systemimager/boot/
> 
> directories on my imageserver already contained the needed 
> initrd and kernel files
> for the systems I was working with.
> 
> Just an FYI.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bernard Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Mar 30, 2006 1:42 PM
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: RE: [Sisuite-users] systemimager boot kernel not 
> seeing network
> >
> >If your imageserver has similar hardware as the node you're trying to
> >image and the OS supports the hardware, you can run:
> >
> ># si_prepareclient --norsyncd
> >
> >on the imageserver.
> >
> >This will generate a kernel/initrd.img pair (generated from 
> your current
> >OS) in /etc/systemimager/boot which you can then use to PXE-boot.
> >
> >This is the new UseYourOwnKernel functionality in SystemImager.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Bernard
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> >> Of Steven A. DuChene
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:34
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: [Sisuite-users] systemimager boot kernel not 
> seeing network
> >> 
> >> I have been struggling with getting sisuite up and running on 
> >> a SuSE-10.0
> >> imageserver. I think I have all of the functions working now 
> >> from the server
> >> end and have successfully pulled images from various 
> >> goldenclients I need
> >> to replicate. Now my problem is when I attempt to boot to the 
> >> install kernel,
> >> it pulls the kernel across via tftp but when the kernel boots 
> >> on the box it does
> >> not find the network hardware. The boxes I have to install 
> >> onto have bcm5780
> >> (Broadcom Gbit nics) chips. I have installed and tried the 
> >> kernel and initrd from
> >> systemimager-x86_64boot-standard-3.6.3-1 and 
> >> systemimager-x86_64initrd_template-3.6.3-1
> >> 
> >> This kernel and initrd boots but never finds any networking 
> >> hardware. It takes
> >> me to a systemimage root prompt where I try ifconfig or 
> >> netstat commands
> >> only to see nothing showing up.
> >> I tried changing the kernel to the kernel I normally use to 
> >> boot the systems
> >> but then that one failed to mount filesystems. I tried a 2.4 
> >> based kernel from
> >> a site that was supposed to be an enhanced (with extra 
> >> network drivers) SI
> >> kernel but that one did not like some modprobe commands that 
> >> were done as
> >> part of the SI boot process.
> >> 
> >> Is there any documentation about adding modules to a kernel 
> >> within the BOEL
> >> kernels or replacing  BOEL kernel with one that might work 
> >> for my hardware?
> >> --
> >> Steven A. DuChene
> 
> 
> 
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