Hi Guys,
Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and for some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this be resolved with newer kernel version.
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Mark Quitoriano wrote:
Hi Guys,
Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and for some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this be resolved with newer kernel version.
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Does centos install at all, but upon boot up not find the network card at all?
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2915&forum=29
try knoppix or another cd based distros to see if the network card is detected.
Cameron Showalter wrote:
Mark Quitoriano wrote:
Hi Guys,
Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and for some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this be resolved with newer kernel version.
-- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA
Does centos install at all, but upon boot up not find the network card at all?
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2915&forum=29
try knoppix or another cd based distros to see if the network card is detected.
Even as recently as the 2.6.14 kernel it appears to have limited support, and this user claims that only using the 2.6.15 did he get networking support.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-January/msg04097.html
For a board this new Fedora Core is one of the few options that will likely work with it. And I'm generally very unhappy with having to upgrade Fedora Core so often.
-Mike
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:49, Michael Best wrote:
Even as recently as the 2.6.14 kernel it appears to have limited support, and this user claims that only using the 2.6.15 did he get networking support.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-January/msg04097.html
For a board this new Fedora Core is one of the few options that will likely work with it. And I'm generally very unhappy with having to upgrade Fedora Core so often.
I don't think you're going to find a distro that doesn't update frequently yet always has support for new devices... You'll probably have to run fedora until the next Centos version.
Mark Quitoriano wrote:
Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and for some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this be resolved with newer kernel version.
Les Mikesell wrote:
You'll probably have to run fedora until the next Centos version.
A bit drastic... Disabling the onboard NIC and popping in a $10 network card would be my suggestion.
Greg
we've tried doing that but no success.
On 3/1/06, Greg Swallow - SkyNet gregswallow@skynetonline.ca wrote:
Mark Quitoriano wrote:
Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and for some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this be resolved with newer kernel version.
Les Mikesell wrote:
You'll probably have to run fedora until the next Centos version.
A bit drastic... Disabling the onboard NIC and popping in a $10 network card would be my suggestion.
Greg
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Mark Quitoriano wrote:
we've tried doing that but no success.
On 3/1/06, *Greg Swallow - SkyNet* <gregswallow@skynetonline.ca mailto:gregswallow@skynetonline.ca > wrote:
Mark Quitoriano wrote: > Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and for > some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this be > resolved with newer kernel version. Les Mikesell wrote: > You'll > probably have to run fedora until the next Centos version. A bit drastic... Disabling the onboard NIC and popping in a $10 network card would be my suggestion.
Mark,
what card did you try ?
also, can you not top post please!
A bit drastic... Disabling the onboard NIC and popping in a $10 network card would be my suggestion.
If this is who I think it is, we worked for a couple hours yesterday morning (EST) trying to get this system working. lspci shows NOTHING on his box, so it's new enough that even pci stuff doesn't play nicely. It's possible that 4.3 will fix him (or at least get pci stuff working) in the next month or so whenever it comes out, but for right now, his board is pretty much a paperweight that wastes electricity. If this is going to be a desktop, slapping windersXP ultimate gold pro platinum edition, gentoo, or maybe ubuntu on it might get it working, but for a system designed as a server I wouldn't trust it. Sell the board and use the money to buy some supported hardware. BJS actually linked to a decent board in an offlist post that can be had on the cheap. This current board isn't gonna get it in RHEL4 or centos4... not for a while anyway.
what card did you try ?
a supported 3com if I remember, but it doesn't matter as the kernel can't talk to his pci controller.
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Jim Perrin wrote:
A bit drastic... Disabling the onboard NIC and popping in a $10 network card would be my suggestion.
If this is who I think it is, we worked for a couple hours yesterday morning (EST) trying to get this system working. lspci shows NOTHING on his box, so it's new enough that even pci stuff doesn't play nicely. It's possible that 4.3 will fix him (or at least get pci stuff working) in the next month or so whenever it comes out, but for right now, his board is pretty much a paperweight that wastes electricity. If this is going to be a desktop, slapping windersXP ultimate gold pro platinum edition, gentoo, or maybe ubuntu on it might get it working, but for a system designed as a server I wouldn't trust it. Sell the board and use the money to buy some supported hardware. BJS actually linked to a decent board in an offlist post that can be had on the cheap. This current board isn't gonna get it in RHEL4 or centos4... not for a while anyway.
what card did you try ?
a supported 3com if I remember, but it doesn't matter as the kernel can't talk to his pci controller.
ouch :)
Jim Perrin wrote:
If this is who I think it is, we worked for a couple hours yesterday morning (EST) trying to get this system working. lspci shows NOTHING on his box, so it's new enough that even pci stuff doesn't play nicely. It's possible that 4.3 will fix him (or at least get pci stuff working) in the next month or so whenever it comes out, but for right now, his board is pretty much a paperweight that wastes electricity.
Well, there are a couple sources for newer kernels without having a redhat subscription - if there will be support in 4.3 it will be in one of these two places first: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/rhel4/ http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/RPMS.kernel/
If this is going to be a desktop, slapping windersXP ultimate gold pro platinum edition, gentoo, or maybe ubuntu on it might get it working, but for a system designed as a server I wouldn't trust it. Sell the board and use the money to buy some supported hardware. BJS actually linked to a decent board in an offlist post that can be had on the cheap. This current board isn't gonna get it in RHEL4 or centos4... not for a while anyway.
No arguments there, but everyone's definition of server is a bit different. Some hold your critical databases, some are for playing counterstrike :-p Obviously it is a server on the cheap, so I figure he'd want to get it running at the lowest cost.
Greg
Michael Best spake the following on 2/28/2006 9:49 AM:
Cameron Showalter wrote:
Mark Quitoriano wrote:
Hi Guys,
Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and for some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this be resolved with newer kernel version.
-- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA
Does centos install at all, but upon boot up not find the network card at all?
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2915&forum=29
try knoppix or another cd based distros to see if the network card is detected.
Even as recently as the 2.6.14 kernel it appears to have limited support, and this user claims that only using the 2.6.15 did he get networking support.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-January/msg04097.html
For a board this new Fedora Core is one of the few options that will likely work with it. And I'm generally very unhappy with having to upgrade Fedora Core so often.
-Mike
If Fedora core is not to your liking, install a PCI nic, or wait for CentOS 5 which should be out when upstream releases their -5 version later this year.
well the installation was successfull my only problem is whatever NIC i installed in the system it still can't detect the card.
i don't wat to put fedora on my production server, my option is to replace my motherboard what board can you recommend?
On 3/1/06, Scott Silva ssilva@sgvwater.com wrote:
Michael Best spake the following on 2/28/2006 9:49 AM:
Cameron Showalter wrote:
Mark Quitoriano wrote:
Hi Guys,
Im trying to install CentOS 4.2 server CD, my board is p5v800-MX and
for
some weird reason it can't detect my built-in ethernet port. Can this
be
resolved with newer kernel version.
-- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA
Does centos install at all, but upon boot up not find the network card at all?
http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=2915&forum=29
try knoppix or another cd based distros to see if the network card is detected.
Even as recently as the 2.6.14 kernel it appears to have limited support, and this user claims that only using the 2.6.15 did he get networking support.
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-January/msg04097.html
For a board this new Fedora Core is one of the few options that will likely work with it. And I'm generally very unhappy with having to upgrade Fedora Core so often.
-Mike
If Fedora core is not to your liking, install a PCI nic, or wait for CentOS 5 which should be out when upstream releases their -5 version later this year.
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On 2/28/06, Mark Quitoriano markquitoriano@gmail.com wrote:
well the installation was successfull my only problem is whatever NIC i installed in the system it still can't detect the card.
i don't wat to put fedora on my production server, my option is to replace my motherboard what board can you recommend?
That board (p5v800-MX http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=229&model=765&a...) is in no way a 'production server' type of motherboard. From all appearances it's a mid-low end desktop board for small form-factor atx cases. What 'server' board we can recommend depends entirely on budget, server tasks etc. There were some threads about this previously on the mailing list, but you may want to actually look at what is in some of the entry level servers from dell or ibm to get an idea.
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Jim Perrin spake the following on 2/28/2006 1:34 PM:
On 2/28/06, Mark Quitoriano markquitoriano@gmail.com wrote:
well the installation was successfull my only problem is whatever NIC i installed in the system it still can't detect the card.
i don't wat to put fedora on my production server, my option is to replace my motherboard what board can you recommend?
That board (p5v800-MX http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=229&model=765&a...) is in no way a 'production server' type of motherboard. From all appearances it's a mid-low end desktop board for small form-factor atx cases. What 'server' board we can recommend depends entirely on budget, server tasks etc. There were some threads about this previously on the mailing list, but you may want to actually look at what is in some of the entry level servers from dell or ibm to get an idea.
-- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety'' Benjamin Franklin 1775
And you can get an entry level server from Dell for less than $500 US
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