[lug] Fedora 8 on new hardware network booting problem

[Lee Woodworth]

On 08/14/10 15:09, Swavek Skret wrote:
> e1000e does not have any dependencies, yes, that can get tricky. The DVD &
> PXE are both basic Fedora 8.

IIRC there were some issues between the 2.6.26 kernel and the e1000e driver.
There was some possibility of bricking the NIC due to overwriting the NVRAM.
Might not be your issue, but something to check out.

> 
> Swavek
> 
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:32 AM, Lee Woodworth <blug-mail at duboulder.com>wrote:
> 
>> 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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