Re: [seul-edu] booting linuxrc - network fails?

[Steelhead <brk@slip.net>]

ryan,

My meager 2 cents.  I have noted that some cheaper cards with the 8139 are a bit
intermittant in function, and, at a cost <$15us, it is easier to toss the card.

check it out.

Bill

Ryan Booz wrote:

> > > I'm trying to use a program that allows
> > > "ghosting" over UDP to get some machines up and running.  It comes with
> > > a modified Suse Linuxrc disk.  Kernel seems to boot ok, but when I put
> > > correct network card module in, it says it was successful in loading,
> > > but the network card "goes dead".  The instant I load the module, the
> > > lights go out on the card.  I've looked all day and tried numerous
> > > things, but nothing.  These are Dell P100t dimensions that were just
> > > donated to us.  My thought was that it's a PCI auto configure problem or
> > > something, but there's no way in the BIOS to even turn PCI off.
> >
> > PCI is your friend. You don't want to turn it off.
> >
> > What kind of ethernet cards? (What does dmesg say when the kernel boots.)
> >
>
> RTL8139 - standard card that I've never had trouble getting to work.
>
> >
> > Have you successfully gotten networking working on them when you're
> > booting like normal? (Or are they missing drives or something, which
> > makes that tougher.)
> >
>
> They are not diskless, but they have no operating system on them.  That's why
> I'm trying to run this program to ghost another system.  I boot only from
> floppy, the modified Suse Linuxrc disk.  Any other thoughts?
>
> thanks!
> Ryan Booz