>>>>> On Tue, 12 May 2009 15:57:14 +0200, Carsten Aulbert >>>>> <carsten.aulb...@aei.mpg.de> said:
> and it seems that there is a autosensing problem between the switch and > the NIC. it should bee tx:off rx:off. When I put a direct link between > the FAI server and this node the install went fine. > Now I've to find a suitable location where to tell the NICs how to react. > Should this go into the initrd and/or the fai config area? Since you do not have problems in the early beginning, you should put the workaround/fix into the config space. This is easier to manange than putting it into the initrd. -- regards Thomas