Re: Tecra 8100?

[Lee Bradshaw <lee@sectionIV.com>]

On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 07:52:16AM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote:
> I've got a 3C575 Cardbus ethernet adapter. After I've made a boot
> floppy, the normal boot process loads all the appropriate modules
> (3c575_cb, cb_enabler, ds, i82365, and pcmcia_core) and ifconfig
> reveals that I have an eth0 adapter.
> 
> Unfortunately, loading these modules by hand when I boot off the
> install rescue floppy does not result in an eth0 adapter. (I don't
> know why, all the modules seem to load fine.)
> 
> But since there's no adapter, I can't configure the network and I
> don't get any network support on the normal boot.
> 
> 1) Is there another command I have to run after loading all the
> devices to make eth0 appear in ifconfig?

I'm not sure what you typed, but "ifconfig" only lists active devices.
If you haven't activated eth0 yet, it won't show up. All devices
should show up if you type "ifconfig -a".

If that happened to be your problem, try setting up eth0 with
something like:

  ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
  route add default gw ${GATEWAY}

Where the variables have appropriate values for your network.

> 
> or
> 
> 2) Is it possible to configure the network "after the fact"?

Yes. You should be able to type the same commands by hand that the
system tries to run automatically.

> 
>                                         Be seeing you,
>                                           norm
> 

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