Problem with Intel igb network driver on client

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:49:22 +0200, Gordon Grubert <grubert at physik.uni-greifswald.de> said:

    > Supermicro X8DTU. Sorry, but I could not find the exact
    > network chipset description. On the server everything is
    > running fine.
Run lspci (maybe from a live CD like grml) and you should see which
network card this is.

    > In the nfsroot, the module igb.ko is present. Probably, it
    > was copied by make-fai-nfsroot from the server (same
    > architecture, kernel etc. on the server and the new client).
    > Inside the nfsroot, the module is listed in the file
    > /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions in the
    > function auto_add_modules(), too.
Yes, in my initrd the igb driver is also available. It seems to be
available by default.

    > Booting the client, the PXE boot process begins, the
    > initrd is loaded followed by:

    > Monting root file system ... ...
    > Uniform multi-platform E-ide-driver
    > ... ide0 ...
    > ... ide1 ...
    > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempt to kill init!
Mmm, did you spacify boot-live in your pxelinux/cfg config file?

    > I do not know, why the igb driver is obviously not found.
    > IMHO, the testing of the ide modules (to find the root file
    > system) is caused by the file (inside the nfsroot)
Why should IDE modules be needed when trying to mount the nfsroot? Do
you boot from network or from CD?

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regards Thomas