I've found it works best for me if I set the card with the supplied utilites from the vendor. For instance if you are using a 3com 10/100 card, you can use the 3c90xcfg.exe utlility. It will take command line options so you can make a boot "nic config" disk and use that first. The card will then be in 100/full dup by default and the drivers need no special settings. as far as I know, the e1000 cards _have_ to be used in auto neg mode. I don't the think the Intel GB nics can be forced. I could be wrong though. Corey >===== Original Message From "Bodle, Donald E" <donald_bodle@xxxxxxxxxx> ===== >Well, you might run into a problem that we've just discovered here. If eth0 >is not up when you run this, ethtool "oops"es. And depending on what kernel >you're running, (e.g., 2.4.9-34), it will panic the box. 2.4.18-14 doesn't >panic, but ethtool still oopses. Now, I don't know if it depends on the NIC >driver in use, we're using e1000. But all I have to do is change ifcfg-eth0 >onboot to no, recycle the network, and run the exact command you're trying, >and our 2.4.9-34 systems panic. > > > >Donald E. Bodle, Jr. > >Sr. Systems Integration Engineer > >Platform Development > >The Reynolds and Reynolds Co. > >(937) 485-1954 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Martinez, Carlos R [mailto:Carlos.R.Martinez@xxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:46 AM >To: 'kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx' >Subject: How to set duplex settings > > > >I've downloaded and compiled the most current ethtool program. I'm looking >for anyone who has experience in setting the NIC duplex setting to 100 full >when kickstarting a server. I believe the most logical location to place >the ethtool program is within the initrd.img or RAM disk. Should this be >executed in the "%pre" section of the ks.cfg file and if so can I pass the >usual arguments as if executing on a live system, i.e. "ethtool -s eth0 >speed 100 duplex full autoneg off"??? > > > >Any help is appreciated!!! > > > >Thanks!!! > > > >Carlos R. Martinez >Charles Schwab >Sr. Unix Systems Engineer-UWDE UNIX/Intel Systems >IBM AIX Certified Specialist >email: <mailto:carlos.r.martinez@xxxxxxxxxx> carlos.r.martinez@xxxxxxxxxx
