NFS/dhcp/tftp on eth1, kernel search NFS it on eth0

[Andreas Sindermann]

Jean Spirat writes:
 > Jean Spirat a écrit :
 > > Hello,
 > >
 > >  All my tests works well but i have a failure when i try to install a 
 > > host with two ethernet cards. The dhcp and tftp runs on the eth1 
 > > network and it works fine. But the issue is that the fai kernel when 
 > > loaded bring not eth1 but eth0.
 > >
 > >  So it can never connect to the nfs server.i tried to add 
 > > ether=0,0,eth1 to the pxe config but this does not work as it seems 
 > > the tg3 modules is not in kernel but comes from the initramfs. I do 
 > > not see how i can change anything in the fai kernel or initd to make 
 > > this works. Anyone know how to deal with this problem or know if i do 
 > > something wrong ?
 > >
 > > regards,
 > > Jean.
 > to add a little more explanation:
 > 
 > 
 > - host boot ok
 > - pxe boot get the ip from the dhcp
 > - tftp load the kernel ok
 > - kernel fail to get the NFS server as it brings only eth0 up

Try disabling one of the ethernet interfaces in the BIOS.

Hope this helps
Andreas