Re: [cobbler] kernel/nic problems?

I'm testing with two dell models, the T1500 and 990. They seem to use a broadcom and e1000e driver respectively. I've unpacked the initrd, moved those modules in and repacked. I'll let you know how I make out, thanks for your help. -Michael > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:37:46 -0500 > From: Michael <durm(a)seas.upenn.edu&gt; > To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > Subject: [cobbler] kernel/nic problems? > Message-ID: <20130124143746.GA1643(a)seas.upenn.edu&gt; > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > I have a cobbler server running openSUSE 12.1 that will deploy openSUSE 12.1. > Currently systems get dhcp then pxe boot via tftp and fail to find the install repo. > At that point I can manually specify where the repo is (http://192.168.100.1/cblr/links/openSUSE121-x86_64) > and I'm told that there is no interface, and that the kernel may not support my nic. > > Has anyone been through something like this? > > -- > Michael > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:45:37 -0500 > From: Michael <durm(a)seas.upenn.edu&gt; > To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > Subject: Re: [cobbler] kernel/nic problems? > Message-ID: <20130124144537.GB1643(a)seas.upenn.edu&gt; > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > A little more info: > I can connect a machine that is already booted to a working OS, get dhcp and see what appears to be the > contents of the install DVD that cobbler imported when I open http://192.168.100.1/cblr/links/openSUSE121-x86_64 in a > browser. > > On 01/24, Michael wrote: > > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:37:46 -0500 > > From: Michael <durm(a)seas.upenn.edu&gt; > > To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > > Subject: kernel/nic problems? > > > > > > I have a cobbler server running openSUSE 12.1 that will deploy openSUSE 12.1. > > Currently systems get dhcp then pxe boot via tftp and fail to find the install repo. > > At that point I can manually specify where the repo is (http://192.168.100.1/cblr/links/openSUSE121-x86_64) > > and I'm told that there is no interface, and that the kernel may not support my nic. > > > > Has anyone been through something like this? > > > > -- > > Michael > > -- > Michael > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:02:59 +0000 > From: Will McDonald <wmcdonald(a)gmail.com&gt; > To: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt; > Subject: Re: [cobbler] kernel/nic problems? > Message-ID: > <CAKtKohS+_G6N+Wd8_OscaDtnaQ2uK92KBo5n+N7BqfOwhhPiBA(a)mail.gmail.com&gt; > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > It sounds like the initrd doesn't have a corresponding module for your NIC. > What sort of machine/NIC? > > I've seen this with ESX hosts in the past. If you create a VM with a VMXNET > adapter, it'll do the initial PXE boot to pull down its bootloader, which > then doesn't have a kernel module for the VMXNET out-of-the-box (because > that'd normally come with VMWare Tools). > > What's the output of 'lsmod' on the running system? And if you dig into the > initrd for the distribution, does it contain an equivalent module? > > Will. > > > On 24 January 2013 14:45, Michael <durm(a)seas.upenn.edu&gt; wrote: > > > > > A little more info: > > I can connect a machine that is already booted to a working OS, get dhcp > > and see what appears to be the > > contents of the install DVD that cobbler imported when I open > > http://192.168.100.1/cblr/links/openSUSE121-x86_64 in a > > browser. > > > > On 01/24, Michael wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:37:46 -0500 > > > From: Michael <durm(a)seas.upenn.edu&gt; > > > To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > > > Subject: kernel/nic problems? > > > > > > > > > I have a cobbler server running openSUSE 12.1 that will deploy openSUSE > > 12.1. > > > Currently systems get dhcp then pxe boot via tftp and fail to find the > > install repo. > > > At that point I can manually specify where the repo is ( > > http://192.168.100.1/cblr/links/openSUSE121-x86_64) > > > and I'm told that there is no interface, and that the kernel may not > > support my nic. > > > > > > Has anyone been through something like this? > > > > > > -- > > > Michael > > > > -- > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > >