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List:       opensuse-autoinstall
Subject:    Re: [suse-autoinstall] Broadcom NICs
From:       Bjorn Tore Sund <bjornts () mi ! uib ! no>
Date:       2004-05-19 8:21:51
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0405191020430.15100 () abel ! mi ! uib ! no
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On Tue, 18 May 2004 Mouncef_Belcaid@blm.gov wrote:

> I have used Autoyast successfully to install SuSE 8.2 Pro on multiple IBM
> Blade servers. Each one of these servers comes with two Broadcom gigabit
> cards, I used the bcm5700 module which worked fine during and after the
> installation. We purchased more of these Blades, which come with the next
> generation Broadcom cards, they work fine after a manual installation is
> complete.
> The problem is during the automated installation. After the installation
> kernel loads, the card tries to get a DHCP IP from the NFS server (before
> YAST starts), that's when it hangs. I checked the DHCP server logs and it
> doesn't seem like the request is even reaching the server.
> I tried loading 9.0 on one of the Blade servers, and it worked using
> Autoyast. But I have to stick with SuSE 8.2 for now. Is there an updated
> version of the SuSE 8.2 Pro loader files (initrd, linux, memtest...)?

On 32bit systems I've found that the tg3 driver is a lot more stable
than the bcm5700 driver.  Have you tried that?

Bjørn
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