[BlueOnyx:10903] Re: BX5106R

[Bill Hicks]

I ended up using 5106 for now, the most current 5107 32bit online locks up 
at package 791 and never comes back. I tried it twice and got same problem.

Bill Hicks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet" <cobaltfacts at virtbiz.com>
To: "BlueOnyx General Mailing List" <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:59 PM
Subject: [BlueOnyx:10902] Re: BX5106R


> Bill Hicks wrote:
>> I installed BX5106r on the Toshiba NB505 netbook. Using this iso:
>> BlueOnyx-5.6-20110621 (i had it already and have used it a few times in 
>> the
>> past 6 months so I know it works fine). After the install I ran yum 
>> update
>> and it found 580+ updates and it installed them. Afterwareds it wanted to
>> reboot which I let it do. After reboot it could not find eth0 or eth1 no
>> matter what I did. I just reinstalled and did not run the yum update and 
>> it
>> is working fine. What could be in the update that caused it to forget the
>> ethernet ports it found on installation?
>
> Without some more diagnostic review, it's really hard to say.  It could
> be that udev loaded in some new drivers on the update and subsequent
> reboot and that the NICs were afterwards recognized as, say, eth2 and
> eth3.  It wouldn't be the first time I've seen that.
>
>> I am gonna try to install the latest 5107 now and see how it works.
>
> That's what I would recommend at this point.  I just wouldn't advise
> installing any 5106R on a new system.  Even though the underlying EL5
> will be supported until Mar 31, 2017, the focus for development is
> certainly with EL6 that underpins 5107R and 5108R.
>
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