nfsroot boot problems

[fai amd]

--- Michael Tautschnig <michael.tautschnig at zt-consulting.com> wrote:

> > the kernel complains
> > 
> > IP-Config : No network devices available. 
> > 
> > Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 192.168.0.100
> > portmap : RPC call returned error 101
> > Root-NFS: Unable to get nfsd port number from server, using
> default. 


> Is your card detected? e1000 should probably say something like 
> e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

it is kind of hard to find out if the card is detected or not, since
the boot up messages scroll up really fast and then the kernel crashes.
the shift+pgup keys don't work

> If not, is that card supported by e1000? 

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=1938&OSFullName=Linux*&lang=eng&strOSs=39&submit=Go%21

i checked. it is supported

>If it is, is e1000 compiled into the kernel?


yes, it is compiled into the kernel.

thank you,

regards
john

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