Updated Fedora Core 6 Distribution fails to enable E1000 Ethernet device using 2.6.19 kernels

[Alex Aminoff]

The error message you report and the fact that it worked in 2.6.18 but not 
2.6.19 sounds similar to a bug that I reported:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=225479

I wonder if Anaconda actually mounts the CD as its root file system, or if 
anaconda runs from some sort of initrd, which would make this behavior 
similar to what we have with diskless booting.

If it is the same bug, that is a pretty good indication that the problem 
has to do with the kernel or a loadable ethernet driver module, rather 
than mkinitrd.

  - Alex

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007, Terry Barnaby wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to create an updated Fedora Core 6 distribution with all of the 
> package updates to date and then install this across a network using a simple 
> boot CD and NFS. I am using the "/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/buildinstall" 
> program to do this.
>
> Generally this was working fine until I tried to update to the 2.6.19 kernel. 
> Now when I boot from the CD the Anaconda installer attempts to configure the 
> E1000 Ethernet interface with DHCP but fails.
>
> In the Alt-F3 VT there are messages stating "send_packet: Network is down". 
> The E1000 driver appears to have been loaded however.
>
> If I rebuild the distribution with a 2.6.18 kernel everything is fine.
> So is there some issue between Anaconda, the 2.6.19 kernels and the E1000 
> network interface ?
>
> Is there a way of enabling the debug login shell on "Alt-F2" at this stage of 
> boot so I can track down the problem further ?
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Terry
>
>

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   - Alex Aminoff
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