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Old 05-23-2007, 06:29 AM   #1
killerforce
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Question LTSP Problem


I have configured a Dell Precision 370 system running fedora core 6 as a ltsp server. The problem is when I try to boot from a thin client which is the same dell model, its not able to detect the on board Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01) NIC. I get the message :


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ERROR! Could not automatically detect the network card.
PCI cards should be detected automatically.
ISA cards cannot be detected, so they require
the nic driver to be specified in a 'NIC=' parameter
to be passed on the kernel command line,
usually specified in option-129, in the
/etc/dhcpd.conf file. See the LTSP docs for more info. Kernel panic !!! an attempt to kill the init.
There is no problem with the NIC as it runs well when Slackware 11.0 OS is installed in the same system.
 
Old 05-24-2007, 02:07 AM   #2
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Download linux driver from :
http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethe...me_desktop.php

Use option-129 in /etc/dhcpd.conf :

option option-129 code 129 = text;
host {
option option-129 "NIC=tg3"; # I dont remember exactly
}

Put the compiled driver to location where LTSP kernel can find at boot time. I cant tell you exact location as I am not having any LTSP server right now.
 
  


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