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Making ZENworks Imaging Detect BroadCom Netlink NIC

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5 July 2007 - 4:44pm
Submitted by: Matthew_Nelson

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ENVIRONMENT: NetWare 6.5SP5 servers running ZENworks for Desktops 7SP1HP4 using the imaging engine from HP5.

Problem: ZENworks 7sp1hp5 imaging engine doesn't detect Broadcom Netlink 5787 Gigabit NIC in Acer Laptop 6410.

Solution

I modified the linuxrc.config file from the initrd file to detect the new hardware. I added the following to the bottom of the file:

newid="0x14e4 0x1693,tg3"

I was able to use the existing tg3 driver as Broadcom hasn't updated the driver for nearly 6 months.

If you have any questions you may contact Matthew at matthew.nelson@TAKETHISOUTact.gov.au


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It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.



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