Re: Eth0

[Greg Green <greg@advantagecom.com>]

Problem solved....thanks to a tip from Kevin Traas.  All I had to to was run
modconf and it worked.
I did have everything else that I could think of ( like LILO) configured, but
this was the missing step.

Thanks to everything for the help.

Greg Green


Wintermute wrote:

> Bill Leach wrote:
>
> > Greg;  first under Linux there will not be and should not be a device
> > file in /dev for your ethernet card.  From what you have NOT said, I
> > would like to be sure that the module IS installed so do a cat
> > /proc/modules and look for a "3c509" entry.
> >
> > Whether the kernel says that it has the module or not will determine the
> > next move.
> >
> > best,
> > -bill
> >
> > Greg wrote:
> > I am trying to get my local lan going and cannot seem to figure out how
> > to make the kernal see the ethernet card. I am using a 3com 3509 and I
> > know that the driver is there.  When I use ifconfig I run into problems
> > such as "SIOCSIFADDR: no such device".  Eth0 is not even in /dev, so I
> > tried MAKEDEV -c eth0 and the error is "unkown device or group eth0".
> > Can anyone help me get this configured properly? I would appreciate any
> > input.
> >
>
> Good to know I'm not the only user out here with this problem.
>
> 1st steps to take when this happens is to disable plug and play on the card
> using the 3c5x9cfg.exe program that comes on the installation diskette.
> Next set the IO address and the IRQ to something reasonable with that same
> program (it should tell you whether or not those values you choose conflict
> with something else in the system).
>
> Next either compile the driver support into the kernel or as a module.
>
> If as a module uncomment the line in conf.modules that says:
>
> alias eth0 3c509
>
> .. and make sure that if there is an options line for the 3c509 in that file
> that the IO and IRQ options are set correctly.
>
> If in the kernel try putting this on the lilo boot prompt:
>
> ether=10,0x300,0,0,eth0
>
> .. after the boot selection entry.
>
> Make SURE to do a HARD BOOT (power your machine down and then back up again)
> after you have disabled plug and play with the DOS utility.
>
> If this stuff doesn't work, get back with me, I've stock piled a lot of
> stuph that might help...
>
> Your fellow 3Com user in hell,
>
> Wintermute
>
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