[lug] Fedora 8 on new hardware network booting problem

[Lee Woodworth]

On 08/13/10 20:20, Swavek Skret wrote:
> Dave,
> 
> No, I do not get a shell prompt. Instead, when the pxe fails to load the
> kickstart file, I get switched to the manual installation during which I can
> press cntr-alt-F3 which gives me some debug output. In the output, I see
> other modules being loaded from the /tmp directory like libdata and others
> before it breaks with the e1000e.

Have you checked the release notes for the e1000e driver? You may also
want to check dependencies for the module. I have had dependent modules not
get autoloaded in an initramfs that I built from scratch.

Is the install DVD kernel the same version and config as the one that gets
loaded via PXE?

> 
> Thanks,
> Swavek
> 
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:27 PM, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us>wrote:
> 
>> Swavek Skret wrote:
>>> When I boot up from the network, the board successfully sends dhcp
>> request, retrieves the PXE
>>> files, loads the initrd.img file and breaks when inserting the e1000e
>> module with the following
>>> message:
>>> ...
>>> Warning: failed to insert module (8)
>>> Error: failed to insert /tmp/e1000e.ko
>>
>> Do you get a shell in the initrd?  Perhaps the module isn't in /tmp and you
>> need to put it there or
>> tell the code the right place to look.
>>
>> Dave
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