Re: [SSI-users] How to find the network drivers of a NIC?

[Brian J. W. <Bri...@hp...>]

Jeremy Kruer wrote:
> I added "add eth-extra natsemi" to my
> /etc/modules.conf and rebooted my head node.  When I
> tried to boot the laptop (node 3), I received the
> following error:
> 
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed
> Note: unable to open serial console.
> Mounting /proc filesystem
> Loading mii.o module
> Loading 8390.o module
> Loading 3c59x.o module
> /lib/3c59x.o: init_module: No such device
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module
> parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
>     You may find more information in syslog or the
> output from dmesg
> Gathering cluser info
> ERROR: Could not find the NIC used to add this node to
> the cluster.
> Unable to continue. Halting
> 
> Can someone show me what I am doing wrong?

Did you rebuild the initrd? You need to run the mkinitrd command to push 
in the changes you made to /etc/modules.conf:

$ mkinitrd -f --cfs /boot/initrd-<ssi_kernel_version>.img 
<ssi_kernel_version>

Brian