Bug 20123 – LiveCD 1.4 rc3 installs Adaptec ANA-62044 network card, 1.4rc4 doesn't

• Status: RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
• Product: Gentoo Release Media

[Description Jan Van Uytven 2003-04-28 15:19:34 UTC]

I have a quad port NIC (an Adaptec ANA-62044). When I boot the 3-stage 1.4rc3 
liveCD, it detects the card and loads the 8390 module to handle it. 1.4rc4 sees the 
card in lspci, but doesn't load any modules. Loading the 8390 module has no effect 
(modprobe 8390, dhcpcd). Trying to bring the interface up manually fails with 'no such 
device'   

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Load the 1.4rc4 LiveCD on a machine with an ANA-62044 NIC 
2.  
3. 
Actual Results:  
Machine loads, but eth0 is down. No network modules are loaded. Summary of lsmod: 
 

Expected Results:  
It should have loaded the correct module and configured eth0 as did 1.4rc3. 

Not applicable

[Comment 1 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) 2003-05-09 18:20:30 UTC]

can you try the second kernel, type "smp" at boot prompt 

[Comment 2 Jan Van Uytven 2003-05-12 18:57:52 UTC]

Hi, booting as smp did indeed resolve the problem. The mistake was mine, though I didn't know 
that was necessary for dual-cpu machines.  
 
Much thanks, 
 
Jan 

[Comment 3 Bob Johnson (RETIRED) 2003-05-12 19:09:29 UTC]

ill still take the blame for this , the  first kernel should 
have still worked, even in single-cpu mode. 
Second kernel is different. 
 
Ill look into this 

[Comment 4 Andrew Cooks (RETIRED) 2003-11-25 11:28:15 UTC]

Please test with the latest LiveCD and reopen this bug if the problem persists.

[Comment 5 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2005-03-25 11:24:25 UTC]

Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux".

I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers,
this is the only reasonable way to do this.