Re: [K12OSN] 3com ISA NIC Booting
James Jensen (jmsjnsn@linuxfreemail.com)
Fri, 22 Feb 2002 00:36:06 -0600
Jim:
Thanks! That was the perfect pointer for getting the ISA 3C509B-TPO NIC to
work with LTSP 3.0! Here's the modifications for anyone who's interested:
Add the following two lines after the "option root-path" in /etc/dhcpd.conf
option option-128 code 128 = string;
option option-129 code 129 = text;
...and a section as follows also in dhcpd.conf to get the client to boot
with the ISA NIC in question:
host ws004 {
hardware ethernet 00:A0:24:A3:14:19;
option option-128 e4:45:74:68:00:00;
option option-129 "NIC=3c509";
}
Easy enough and it works perfectly. A quick "service dhcpd restart" from
the command line and away we boot...
If anyone is interested:
hardware ethernet = MAC address of the NIC
option-128 = Crucial line for EtherBoot, enter it exactly
"e4:45:74:68:00:00"
option-129 = ISA NIC driver in question
Now I am wondering how or if I can get the Cirrus Logic gd543x video chip to
run under XFree86 4.x instead of 3.x? At any rate I still think it's great
that setting XSERVER to XF86_SVGA that it will automatically set up the
Xconfig file for you as opposed to writing a custom file. Very nice...
Thanks!
James Jensen
jmsjnsn@linuxfreemail.com
----- Original Message -----
From:
To: "James Jensen"
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] 3com ISA NIC Booting
> James,
>
> There were big changes between K12 1.1 and 2.0. The biggest
> change that I know if is that K12-2.0 is based on LTSP 3.0,
> which was a major change for LTSP.
>
> Indeed, the network drivers are compiled as modules on LTSP 3.0.
>
> PCI network chipsets are automatically detected, but ISA chipsets
> are not.
>
> If you want to make it work with an ISA card, such as the 3c509, you
> will need to pass both option-128 AND option-129.
>
> For more information, take a look at this document:
>
> http://www.LTSP.org/instructions-3.0.html
>
> Down near the bottom, you'll find important information for
> configuring ISA network cards.
>
> Jim McQuillan
> jam@Ltsp.org
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, James Jensen wrote:
>
> > The problem booting a LT client with the 3com 3C509B-TPO ISA NIC is
> > apparently not PC specific.
> >
> > It appears that the tftp ROM floppy disk image is good but that it's
choking
> > when it's pulling over the kernel. The message appears that while PCI
cards
> > are detected and automatically configured, ISA cards must be manually
> > identified in the dhcpd.conf file. I tried to do so with option-129 in
that
> > file without success. I cannot get the ISA NIC to boot regardless of
the PC
> > that I put it in.
> >
> > Again, this configuration was working under the K12LTSP 1.1 distro but
not
> > under 2.0. I haven't determined the difference at this point but I did
> > notice that in the kernel config file that ISA PNP is configured as a
module
> > and not compiled into the kernel, could this possibly be the
> > difference/problem?
> >
> > On another note with the Compaq Prolinea 466 (which makes a decent
terminal
> > when it works) using the 3com PCI 3C900-TPO NIC I needed to create a new
ROM
> > image from http://www.rom-o-matic.org/ enabling the following option to
get
> > it to remote boot:
> >
> > CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT (define this for PCI BIOSes that do not implement
> > BIOS32 or not correctly)
> >
> > Using this ROM image the client booted perfectly.
> >
> > I know I'm not the only one out there using the previously mentioned
3com
> > ISA NIC, anybody else got any ideas?
> >
> > BTW, be sure to set the XSERVER option in lts.conf to XF86_SVGA if you
are
> > using the Cirrus Logic gd543x video chip. It works great under K12LTSP
2.0
> > without the need for a custom XF86CONFIG file (Yeeeeah!).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > James
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Jensen"
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:35 PM
> > Subject: [K12OSN] 3com ISA NIC Booting
> >
> >
> > > I had old Compaq Prolinea 466 PC's with 3com 3C509B-TPO booting fine
with
> > > the 3C509 floppy disk ROM under K12LTSP 1.1 but such is not the case
with
> > > K12LTSP 2.0. It begins booting but then stops, telling me that the
Kernel
> > > cannot automatically configure the ISA NIC. Will the "Kitchen Sink"
> > kernel
> > > resolve this or is there another option that I can use to fix this?
> > >
> > > I have a LOT of these 3C509B-TPO cards that can be used so I am hoping
> > there
> > > is a fix for this.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > James Jensen
> > > <><><><><><>
> > > "Perilous to us all are the devices of an art deeper than we possess
> > > ourselves.". -- JRR Tolkien
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