Re: RES: [Ltsp-discuss] no dhcpcd-eth0.info

[<jam@McQuil.Com>]

Rafael,

It sounds like the Etherboot driver is finding the card and working
properly, but the Linux kernel driver for that card is having a
problem.

You might try installing the latest LTSP kernel package, it's
called ltsp_kernel-3.0.4, and it is based off of the 2.4.18
version of the Linux kernel.  It may have better support
for your NIC.

You won't find the dhcpcd-info.eth0 file, because it gets 
created in the ramdisk by the workstation.

Jim McQuillan
jam@Ltsp.org


On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Rafael Araujo wrote:

> Sorry about that, but here it goes:
> 
> Client hardware is a ax88140 compatible network interface card.
> We are using a floopy created with the ROM-O-MATIC website, configured for
> the right NIC.
> When we boot the client, and tail the /var/log/messages on the server, it
> goes through DHCPDISCOVER, DHCPOFFER, DHCPREQUEST, but always stops at
> 
> DHCPACK on 192.168.13.217 to 00:80:ad:31:4e:7a via eth0
> 		^					^
>            ip I assigned to the	corret MAC addres of the NIC
>   		NIC at the client
> 
> Since the client machines displays the information ME:192.168.13.217 I know
> it is connecting to the server, because that is the IP I defined in my
> dhcpd.conf.
> After that, at the client machine, the following is displayed:
> running dhclient
> eth0:setting full duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 451.
> 
> ERROR: No dhcpcd-eth0.info file. Could be a problem with dhcp.
> 
> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init
> 
> Here is a copy of my dhcpd.conf:
> 
> ------------------------------
> ddns-update-style       ad-hoc;
> default-lease-time 21600;
> max-lease-time 21600;
> 
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> option broadcast-address 192.168.13.255;
> option routers 192.168.13.216;
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.13.216;
> option domain-name "cta.develop.com";
> option root-path "192.168.13.2161:\opt\ltsp\i386";
> #option option-129 code 129 "NIC=natsemi";
> 
>   shared-network WORKSTATIONS {
> 	subnet 192.168.13.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> 		filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.9-ltsp-5";
> 		}
>    }
> 
>    group {
>                 use-host-decl-names     on;
>                 option log-servers      192.168.13.216;
> 
> 	host ws001 {
> 		hardware ethernet 00:80:AD:31:4E:7A;
> 		fixed-address 192.168.13.217;
> 		}
>    }
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Now, I have looked for this --- dhcpcd-eth0.info ---- file all over my serer
> (a mandrake 8.1) and it is not there, so it makes sense tome that I get that
> error message. Looking at the dhcpcd man page I noticed that the entry
> relating to the files used by the system mention this dhcpcd-eth0.info. It
> is supposed to be at /etc/dhcpc but this directory is empty an so is the
> /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/dhcpc.
> 
> I am lost here, please help.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: jam@McQuil.com [mailto:jam@McQuil.com]
> Enviada em: quinta-feira, 27 de junho de 2002 14:13
> Para: Rafael Araujo
> Cc: Lista LTSP
> Assunto: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] no dhcpcd-eth0.info
> 
> 
> Rafael,
> 
> You have to tell us more about your hardware.
> 
> What kind of network card do you have ?
> 
> How are you booting?  Are you using Etherboot, and
> is it with a bootrom or a floppy ?
> 
> 
> Jim McQuillan
> jam@Ltsp.org
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Rafael Araujo wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am getting the following error when the diskette boots:
> >
> > running dhclient
> > eth0:setting full duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 451.
> >
> > ERROR: No dhcpcd-eth0.info file. Could be a problem with dhcp.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thing is, it does connect to dhcp, because it gets all the info from the
> > server.
> > What should I do?
> >
> >
> >
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