On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, KHALID _ wrote: > Hi, > > Very soon I will be getting a cluster of nodes that will be running 8.0, > with gigabit ethernet (copper 10/100/1000) interconnect. I remember that I > had some fun when trying to kickstart a cluster through Gigabit (fiber > 1000), and ended up being told that kickstart does not work on fiber :( > > Now am I expected to run into the same fun I had earlier? Has anybody in > this list tried it out and can tell me that it can go as easy as > kickstarting on fast ethernet? I've not tried it, but I'd expect it to be precisely as easy as fast-ethernet. That is, if you have a boot floppy with all your neeeded drivers (for the network) then it will work easily. The problems I've had with fast-ethernet have arisen because the bootnet floppy image didn't have the driver I needed for the network card; once that's addressed by creating a custom boot floppy it's fine. In my case, the inconvenience was that I had to use a second floppy if I didn't create a custom floppy. -- Please, reply only to the list.
