Re: eth0: no link during initialization failure with Nvidia ethernet ports

[Carrick Detweiler <carrick@csail.mit.edu>]

Try bringing up eth1 instead.  I too have a board with two nvidia nics 
(msi neo4) and sometimes the primary ends up as eth0 and other times eth1.

Carrick

John Schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I used Len Sorenson's install image -- sarge-amd64-2.6.12-netinst.iso on a 
> Tyan S2895 Thunder K8WE board.  This board has 2 onboard 802.3 Nvidia 
> ethernet ports.  I used the forcedeth module (version 0.32).  The eth0 port 
> registered the following error in dmesg:
>
> eth0:  no link during initialization
>
> As a result of this failure, I couldn't complete the rest of the installation.  
> Everything up to the point of requiring 'net access worked fine with Len's 
> install image.
>
> I will probably look to getting some kind of pci ethernet card to put in this 
> box, that is unless some individual can point me to a solution to getting 
> eth0 up and running with the forcedeth module.  
>
> Any ideas about getting the onboard ethernet ports working or am I going to 
> have to go the route of getting some pci card.  And if so, suggestions on 
> good, well supported cards would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks Len for this install image.
>
> John Schmidt