[GLLUG] LTSP 5 and Optiplex GX1

[george at idealso.com]

> When I was dealing with some pxe system booting I ran into module
> issues in the kernel. Is your drivers for your nic a module or built
> into the kernel??

It's the kernel that the gentoo ltsp-build-client created.  I'm
guessing *everything* is a module to keep the kernel footprint
small.  All those loadable modules are in the initfs image.

> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:13:05PM -0500, Michael George wrote:
>> I'm trying to move to LTSP 5 on my Gentoo system.  I have the
>> client
>> system built, the TFTP and DHCP stuff working to give up the
>> necessary
>> files, but the terminal hits a kernel panic when it tries to mount
>> /
>> over NFS.  It says that there's no network available.
>>
>> I know the connection is good, because it pulled the kernel and
>> stuff.
>> It looks like it picks the tg3 NIC driver to use for networking,
>> but the
>> system uses the 3C950 chipset and would need the 3C95x driver.
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone here uses LTSP much and might have some of
>> those
>> MSU surplus Optiplex GX1's that they have working and maybe could
>> give
>> some insight...
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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