On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 17:52 +0100, Denis Leroy wrote: > Gilboa Davara wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 16:52 +0100, KH KH wrote: > >> 2007/11/19, Michael Wiktowy <michael.wiktowy@xxxxxxxxx>: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> It seems recently one of my two onboard NICs has decided to not > >>> remember its MAC address between reboots. Since I just updated the > >>> BIOS firmware, I suspect that as the culprit but I also upgraded to > >>> Fedora 8 about the same time so it may be to blame. I don't know. > >> When you update the bios, the tool accept a parameter for the mac > >> address.. Each time you flash the bios, you need to give the mac > >> address for the integrated ethernet (usually written on the top of the > >> mainboard ), so it can be hardcoded into the bios... > >> > >> Nicolas (kwizart) > >> > > > > I've updated my share of BIOS... Large share. > > Never seen a BIOS upgrade that erases the MAC address. > > > > Most likely the on-board NIC has been fried. > > typically the MAC address is programmed into an on-board eeprom > connected to the NIC. That's probably what's fried (or simply erased). Oops. Someone already made my point :-) Well, yeah, and it is possible to recover from this if that is what has happened - but you'll need a tool from the vendor in order to flash it. I say flash, when really they are still mostly serial EEPROMs. Jon. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
