and Jeff wins the prize -- that change: a) made the nfs line work (it had been failing before) b) made the nfs installation take less than 10 minutes to complete thanks sir! toph "Busch, Jeff" <jbusch@xxxxxxxx> writes: > toph- > > put this in your ks.cfg before your network line: > > device ethernet eepro100 --opts "options=0x30,0x30" > > Use that if you have a server with two eepro100 cards. If you just have > one, use: > > device ethernet eepro100 --opts "options=0x30" > > -Jeff > --- original question ----> > > > Before you ask, I do know how to configure the eepro100 > > module to run in full duplex mode on a running system -- > > > > HOWEVER -- > > > > the netboot image is negotiating incorrectly (half-duplex) > > and since the switch port is set to full-duplex the FTP > > installation is taking an AMAZINGLY long time... > > > > just wondering if anyone had a soluton as to how to configure > > the eepro100 module to 100Mb full-duplex off of the boot disk. > > > > toph > >