On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Wilson Felipe <wfelipe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hello, > > We are starting to install redhat 5.1 and centos 5.1 in our > environment, and it all went well until we tried with Dell machines > (PE1950 and 860), which have network cards using bnx2 (using MSI). The > problem is at the bnx2 module, we found out 2 way: > > - using dhcp at pxe and at the boot: > the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and stops at > downloading the ks file, though it gets the ip from the dhcp, but the > network link is never put up, but in messages it prints "the link > becomes ready" > > - using dhcp at pxe, and static ip at the boot > the kernel and the initrd loads from pxe boot, and also stops at > download the ks file, but after a few seconds, the links becomes ready > and we can get the ks file and the installation goes all well > > has anyone seen this behavior using bnx2? I have seen similar behavour with some of the HP DL360's. I found that updating the bnx2 driver to the latest version from the broadcom site resolved this issue. I also filed a bug asking RedHat to upgrade the version of the driver, which is quite behind. If required I am sure I can pass you the default initrd.img with the updated driver. Kind regards. _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
