Bug 74741

Summary:	network install hangs on Intel D845WN
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jure Pecar <jure.pecar>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Description Jure Pecar 2002-10-01 11:01:03 UTC

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Description of problem:
Immediatly i configure network settings in network install, and after installer
loads ext3 and lvm modules, instalation hangs.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Have a box with D845WN motherboard
2.attempt a network NFS install with onboard nic with bootnet.img floppy
3.observe consoles on F3 and F4
	

Actual Results:  I've started to get a lot of eepro100_wait_for_cmd_done!
timeouts and instalation stopped.

Expected Results:  This wait_for_cmd_done problem is really a long standing one
... almost every new kind of intel network card gets hit by it, untill the
eepro100 driver is adopted to it. 

Additional info:

I found intel's e100 driver much more reliable in various situations ... Would
you mind putting a choice between eepro100 and e100 on the install floppy?

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-10-01 18:48:18 UTC

This appears to be a kernel issue.

Comment 2 Jure Pecar 2002-10-02 07:14:49 UTC

Some clarification: the box was connected to the 3COM FMS TP HUB (3c16271) when
this happend. Plugging it into cisco catalyst 2916 worked perfectly OK.
So i assume there must be something wrong at the link negotiation or the
eepro100 driver doesnt really like talking to this particular hub.

Comment 3 Fred New 2002-12-10 08:52:30 UTC

I have a similar problem.  My motherboard is an Intel D845BG with an integrated
LAN device using an 82562ET controller.  I installed the system using CDs, so
the installation went well and the system ran fine until the phone company
installed an ADSL hub.  After the introduction of a network, the system started
locking up at random times when I was using the network (SSH client, Mozilla). 
In this case, lockup = no keyboard or mouse response, only the reset button
would work.  Last night I switched to the e100 driver and the system hasn't
encountered any problems so far.

Comment 4 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:39:57 UTC

Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/