Re: eth0: unknown interface
How does one have a compiled AND module driver? Where can I look to find
out what other modules are being loaded?
-----Original Message-----
From: John Stevenson <John@oa.nl>
To: Rino Mardo <rmardo@lycosmail.com>
Cc: Debby Ian <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: eth0: unknown interface
>One of the easiest ways to configure the network is to use the
>install program on the Rescue Disk / CDRom.
>
>You can mount an already initialised swap and linux partition
>and then move on to configure the network. This will create all
>the right files for you (/etc/networks /etc/resolv.conf).
>
>If you still have problems it may be due to the drivers, either
>compiled into the kernel or a module, be careful not to have the
>3com driver compiled into the kernel and as a module, I did that
>once and had the problem as you describe.
>
>
>> Rino Mardo wrote:
>>
>> 486/66 with 8 MB RAM, 630 MB hard disk, 3C509B-combo NIC
>>
>> My problem is during initial installation I wasn't able to
>> setup the NIC so now here I am in the # prompt not knowing how
>> to add/configure it. I read thru all the HOWTOs and
>> mini-HOWTOs (relevant ones of course), recompiled the kernel
>> with 3C509 support but still it would give me:
>>
>> eth0: unknown interface
>>
>> as the error message. In SCO UNIX there's this netconfig
>> command to add a NIC and assign protocols and ip address
>> before recompiling the kernel. What's the equivalent
>> command/steps in Linux?
>>
>> TIA.
>
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