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Re: SL 7 install network drivers
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Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
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Nico Kadel-Garcia <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:36:35 -0500
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Stephen Berg (Contractor)
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> I have a desktop system with Nvidia MCP55 ethernet chipset.  From my
> research this onboard NIC is supported in the kernel for SL7.  I can get the
> system to pxeboot but dracut dumps out to a prompt since it can't find any
> network to do the kickstart install.
>
> Is there any way to force load the forcedeth.ko driver at pxeboot install
> time?  I have a dozen or so desktops that use the same NIC (SuperMicro
> H8DA8-2 motherboard) that are on the bubble to be re-installed with SL7 but
> so far this seems to be a show stopper.

CAn you just use a USB ethernet device just for installation? Most are
supported and have been for years, they use only a few chipsets.

> One additional oddity I've been seeing:  The anaconda screen I see says this
> is a pre-release.  Pretty sure I pulled the vmlinuz and initrd.img files
> from the release DVD iso.  I copied them again from a new download that
> passes the sha256sum check, and they appear to be identical.
>
> --
> Stephen Berg
> Systems Administrator
> NRL Code: 7320
> Office: 228-688-5738
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