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Re: Intel 82563EB chip on Woodcrest/Blackford VS motherboards
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Hugo Meiland <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:03:42 +0200
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Bly, MJ (Martin) wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> We are contemplating Woodcrest systems with Blackford VS chipsets.  The
> board we have been offered has an Intel 82563EB dual gigabit NIC
> onboard.  I can't find any definitive statements (using Google) saying
> that this chip works with SL3/SL4 (or RHEL 3 or RHEL 4) out-of-the-box
> from PXE/kickstart - has anyone got such a system running from a
> PXE/kickstart install without providing a newer e1000 driver?  If so,
> what Update of SL 3/4 did you use?


No, I had to replace the e1000 driver in de pxe boot ramdisk...only a 2
hour hack though and now it works great on the sr1500al server systems....

I wouldn't mind to put this image on-line if there is interest....

Hugo

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