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shipco

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Internal NIC and HP DL130

« on: April 29, 2005, 06:44:05 pm »

I am running Debian Woody with 2.4.27-2-686, and am trying to get the internal NIC to install. I used modprobe and tried eepro100 (just in case) and it did not pass. I then tried (what I was told was was the correct driver) the bcm4400 and the command bcm4, bcm44, and finally bcm4400 ( for the appropriate kernel) which all also failed.

I received a message telling me to look in dmesg, but when I did nothing helpful was there. I did have this machine on the LAN but that was using an external card, which is not the approach we want. Has anyone had similiar problems with this driver? Does anyone know more about it? All help is greatly appreciated. Thank you


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stoffell

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Re: Internal NIC and HP DL130

« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2005, 07:37:28 pm »

Quote from: shipco on April 29, 2005, 06:44:05 pm

I am running Debian Woody with 2.4.27-2-686, and am trying to get the internal NIC to install

Good news: it should work..

Have a look at this article: http://www.riedmann.it/linux/debian3smartarray.htm

What you should do is, get the kernel-source of your kernel (you need 2.4.21 at least..), configure this one, and find the broadcom gigabit support, you should compile the support for this one as a module.. lspci should give you the info on the broadcom. I think the module is called b44.

After compiling the modules and making sure the broadcom module exists, you should be able to modprobe it.

I don't know your level of experience so don't worry to throw another question at it Wink

And keep us posted..


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shipco

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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2005, 08:36:13 pm »

Stofell, thanks for replying this has been a bit of a pain. The link that you posted mentions smart array, (it also is regarding a non-rack mount server, HP ML 350) this machine however is a bit more simplistic. It has 1 30 GB IDE HD, so I'm not sure if that link applies to me; but I haven't read all the way through it. Also my ability level is "learning" Wink

I have been working [non-stop] with Debian and RHE for the past two months. I understand the basics, but beyond that its all about trial and error...


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stoffell

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Re: Internal NIC and HP DL130

« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2005, 08:43:35 pm »

Quote from: shipco on April 29, 2005, 08:36:13 pm

It has 1 30 GB IDE HD, so I'm not sure if that link applies to me; but I haven't read all the way through it.

Well, the part about the broadcom should be the same..

Try to get the broadcom module compiled with your current kernel, and then it should work.

If you want more help, don't hesitate to post, or PM me.


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mutombo

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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2005, 11:29:33 pm »

i dont know if this is the same Gbit ethernet chip thats shipped with the DL380, but i would give the tg3 driver a try.

Code:

modprobe tg3


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shipco

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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2005, 08:55:33 pm »

Problem solved Mutombo pointed me at modprobe tg3, all I needed to do was configure the network settings for eth1, then once successful, power down the machine, remove the extra card and re-configure the network settings for eth0! Grin

A VERY special thanks goes out to stoffell and motumbo.


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