1.) Make sure your conf register is 0x2102
Do show version and at the very end of the output you will see the Configuration register.
show version
Configuration register is 0x2102
If the config register is not 0x2102 then enter this command:
r1#configure terminal
r1(config)#config-register 0x2102
r1(config)#end
2.) Let's Erase the NVRAM/flash........
2,6,A or E is what the second digit of your MAC address must be otherwise a lot of OS's will not work. They will say the NIC is down/not connected even though it is.
This is because if the second digit is not set properly it will not view as a valid MAC or device uplink. This is especially an issue with VMs whether in QEMU etc.. if you are making your own MAC.
MAC address is invalid
c4:d1:aa:e5:10:05
To fix it just........
4.374647] usb_common: exports duplicate symbol usb_get_dr_mode (owned by kernel)
[ 4.403334] usbcore: exports duplicate symbol __usb_get_extra_descriptor (owned by kernel)
[ 4.427736] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: xHCI Host Controller
[ 4.427844] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 4.429040] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: hcc params 0x200077c1 hci version 0x100 quirks 0x01109810
[ 4.429141] xhci_hcd 0000:00:15.0: cache line size of 64 is not sup........
M4A is a weird format, so you have to be creative here is a quick copy of what I did.
Basically you need to convert to .wav to make use of them and thenI converted the resulting .wav into an mp3 (nice small file size and basically universally playable):
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sudo apt-get install mpg321 mp3gain faad normalize lame
faad "Voice 002 (copy).m4a"
faad "Voice 002 (copy).m4a"........
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-3CESL: http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2658#dl
Dell Part Numbers for the motherboard: R1232 R1232L R2232S SERVER MOTHERBOARD GENUINE 408P9 CN-0408P9
GA-3CESL Manual Download here
RAMSlots: 16 (8 controlled by each CPU)
RAMType: DDR2 ECC 5300P........
http://deepxw.blogspot.ca/search/label/Universal%20Termsrv.dll%20Patch
The above site has the patch that does this essentialy turning a Desktop Windows into a full fledged RDP server.........
In Newer Linux Distros This Way Is Easiest and works on newer versions like Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Centos, Debian etc.
#if you are missing timedatectl this in newer distros like Ubuntu/Mint/Debian and are using a container like Docker then do "apt install systemd"
timedatectl set-timezone America/Vancouver
Replace the America/Vancouver with the correct timezone.
To see the list you can just type "timedatectl set........