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From: Zameer A. <za...@sy...> - 2002-12-12 16:03:38
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Hi Eric,
>But you say it appears to lock up? Hmm....
>Confirmation that etherboot actually locks up, (no response to esc)
>as opposed to something else would be interesting.
I meant unresponsive. Pardon my English. When I press Esc, the etherboot
fires again and probes the card successfully and prints the following message.
{Start of messages}
Boot from (N)etwork (D)isk (F)loppy or from (L)ocal?
Probing pci nic...
[E1000]Ethernet addr: 00:08:74:A3:D2:B3
Searching for server (DHCP)...
{Pressing Esc}
<abort>
Probing pci nic...
Probing isa nic...
No adapter found
<sleep>
Boot from (N)etwork (D)isk (F)loppy or from (L)ocal?
Probing pci nic...
[E1000]Ethernet addr: 00:08:74:A3:D2:B3
Searching for server (DHCP)...
{End of Messages}
>Which version of the linux driver work?
I installed RH8.0 and the default kernel seems to work.
ver 2.4.18-14
<snip>
[root@lion root]# lsmod | grep e1000
e1000 55916 1
[root@lion root]# uname -a
Linux lion 2.4.18-14 #1 Wed Sep 4 13:35:50 EDT 2002 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
</snip>
>What is the PCI ID? i.e. the very specific model.
Here it is ...
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
(rev 02)
The full listing is here....
<snip>
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G] Chipset Host Bridge
(rev 01)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82845G/GL [Brookdale-G]
Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #1) (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #2) (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB (Hub #3) (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB USB EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB PCI Bridge (rev 81)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DB ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DB ICH4 IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801DB SMBus (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 01)
01:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
(rev 02)
</snip>
>Is this copper or fiber?
Normal RJ45 connector so its copper.
>What kind of switch are you plugged into, and how fast is it?
Its a small home style brewed network. Only Linksys hubs in the picture.
Summarizing.
As a standalone Linux clien, the machine has no problems getting its DHCP
address of the server. It fails when booted via etherboot.
Method of booting Etherboot : CD Image (These dells lack a floppy drive)
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