Perhaps the NIC had gone bad. Try replacing it? -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker
Sent from my Motorola Droid On Sep 17, 2010 8:00 AM, "James Rankin" <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I think that's correct, but this one won't start with them enabled either, > and it was working fine until recently. Is there any equivalent of the > "ping" command in the ESXi tech support console that anyone knows of? > > On 17 September 2010 12:58, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com >wrote: > >> AFAIK ESXi wont start w/o a nic at all. >> >> >> >> *From:* James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] >> *Sent:* Friday, September 17, 2010 1:12 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* ESXi box failing to start >> >> >> >> I've got an ESXi box failing to start that stops with an error of "failed >> to load lvmdriver". All my Google-fu points to an incompatible network card, >> but it was working fine until a few days ago. I've tried starting it with >> the NICs disabled, but it makes no difference whatsoever. Does anyone have >> any ideas what might be causing it? >> >> TIA, >> >> >> >> JRR >> >> -- >> "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into >> the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able >> rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such >> a question." >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
