Dear all,
i got a core with some MDs up and running since maybe a year. the current version is 7.10 (the most current).
The core has a R8168, where i had to modify the r8169, to prevent loading.
this is running fine.
Now i got a new board (ASUS P5N7A-VM), and if i look at the features, very neat.
From what i read in the wiki it uses the RTL8168 Lan COntroller, from what i read on the web, its using a RTL8211CL Chipset.
Overall it has a MCP7A Nvidia Chipset.
so i tried to boot up this system through PXE. But at the end following message:
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[ 11.196000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
ipconfig: eth0: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device
ipconfig: no devices to configure
/init: .: 1: Can't open /tmp/net-eth0.conf
[ 11.204000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
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so i went through:
http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/R8168#Asus_M3A78-EMhttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Unrecognized_NIChttp://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/ASUS_eee_box_b202_setupi followed every single step in those wiki pages. all went fine, without any troubles. But after booting the same error message as stated above.
after that i tried to install the ubuntu 8.10 on the MD.
insatllation went fine, expect netwroking. it installed a WIFI Adapter (running fine) and a second controller (NVIDIA Ethernet Controller), which has a NO LINK indication.
after stumbling around, i found out that it using the forcedeth driver.
some hints in the web, using options forecedeth msi=0 and msix=0 dind't brang any help.
then i tried the ethtool and set the speed to 100 and duplex to half and .... BANG .... the internet connection worked.
1. So now, the big big question, how can i setup forcedeth with fixed speed to be used under 7.10 diskless media director?!
2. on the web, i saw, that someone can use the ethtool in a script, which is performed at the start, but how to do it in the boot image for the diskless one?!
Any help? Thanks
