Re[1] Introduction

[Hichame Jeffali]

> Just write a little hook which tries to load all network
card drivers
> and then look if new cards are detected. What about:
> 
> for driver in `ls /lib/modules/2.2.19/net/*` ; do
> modprobe $driver
> # test if new ethernet device is found; use ifconfig or
dmesg,...
> done
I am assuming that FAI-BOOTP floppy failed to detect any
card
and thus we have no access yet to the install server.. This
happened
for me with a Compaq NetIntelligent 10/100 TX card.. More
precisely
I would like to know whether I can put all the card modules
in a
floppy disk and to detect any card whatever weird it is.. I
can even provide
the user with a bootable CD to do it in case the modules
won't fit in a
single floppy disk
> 
> > floppy disk that just detects MAC addresses at
startup and for
> > example highlights them in red and then rebuild the
bootptab
> > file using a GUI. I would be interested to hear
about your
> 
> Sine the bootptab is located on the install server, it's
impossible to
> change a file from an install server. What about
collecting MAC
> addresses on this floppy ?
I 'm working on a GUI center written in Tcl/Tk that assist
the user in 
building FAI files from /etc/fai.conf to /etc/bootptab and
even starting
the NFS server and re-running make-fai-nfsroot whenever
needed..
In my case, the user can go collect the MAC addresses using
a 
standalone floppy disk, enter these MAC addresses to the GUI
and associates to each one an IP number and a server name..
The GUI then generates configuration files and start the
install server..
Thanks for you advice
Hichame
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