[Lias] Can't initialise Network Cards

[Paul Gear]

Simon Bryan wrote:
> ...
>>That would tend to indicate that there is no setting for those cards
>>in /etc/modules.conf.  What does that look like?
> 
> seems OK
> alias eth0 e1000
> alias eth1 e1000

Looks fine.

> ...
> This is from the /var/log/messages file after an attempt at a manual restart:
> 
> Mar  1 12:06:17 voyager kernel: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version
> 5.2.30.1
> Mar  1 12:06:17 voyager kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2004 Intel Corporation.
> Mar  1 12:06:17 voyager kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 01:05.0
> Mar  1 12:06:17 voyager kernel: The EEPROM Checksum Is Not Valid

That looks like your problem - the driver is refusing to load because
the EEPROM checksum is invalid.  Have you flashed the BIOS/firmware on
these cards at some time?  If not, you may want to see if it is
possible to do so by downloading a boot floppy from Intel or your
server manufacturer (try the latter first).

More than likely the Windows drivers work because they don't check the
checksum, or just treat it as a warning.

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