Topic: Boot From Lan

[DOKX]

I know this subject has been discussed here but this ones different, I know that setting it up wont be hard, the problem i'm running into is how can i get my on board lan to work Its a nForce2 Motherboard i'm using as a sever, so if possible i would like to get the onboard lan to work instead of using another add on lan that i would need to connect an external power source to keep it poweredd for the boot from lan,

Can someone help me out as to how i can install drivers to get my onboard lan to work or point me in the right direction. Thank you very much for the help. DOKX

[DOKX]

Ok i've done alot of googling and know the forcedeth driver is available but why doesnt Centos regognize it when i configure my server, When i try and manually select it i and reboot i cant get back into the server and i had to reinstall the software, but this last install i used the new download, what do i need to accomplish to get my onboard lan to work with the forcedeth driver, I have 5 diff, threads started on different forums and i'm not getting any answers. Anthelp would be great. DOK

[DOKX]

I've been at the Cent os forum tring to get the chipset drivers to install on my nForce2 mb and they wont install for some reson, I'm gonna start a bug report on it and hopefully get it fixed, Iread the other bug report on this also, It seems that this is a 50/50 install, this is my lspci.

00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different version?) (rev c1)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1 (rev c1)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4 (rev c1)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3 (rev c1)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2 (rev c1)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5 (rev c1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3)
00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 (rev 11)


If anyone has had this problem and got it to work please feel free to add to this Thank you.

[DOKX]

Update: I finally have my onboard lan working which is great. This it what i did. I went to reconfigure the server and when i got to pick a driver for my external lan card i chose nforce2 forcedeth i then rebooted and the server came up and said the onboard lan is working. What an adventure. I tried this before but it didnt work and now it does. Also forget about installing the nvidia drivers for linux on the nforce2 board it wont install without the kernel sources. I sure hope this helps someone else out. If you need more assistance on this may as well ask on this thread. Thanks.DOKX