486DX Install
I have an old AST 486DX (23Meg RAM/170MegHD) that I have been using as a
router for a few months. I installed 2.2 back when it was frozen, or maybe
even a month or so before. I had no problems with it, until I compiled a new
kernel for it, and for some reason the map file was screwed up, so I decided
the quickest thing to do was reinstall. But now I can't get the eepro module
to recognize the IntelEtherExpress NIC. Previously it worked fine. I tried
some old 2.1 base floppies, and it worked fine, so it can't be the hardware
itself. I pass no arguments to the driver, never have.
One problem I can see is that just after I boot and read in the RAMdisk it
flashes a dozen lines with :
/lib/modules/2.2.17/modules.depmodprobe no such directory or file
There is nothing in /var/log/messages. And I have rewritten the floppies,
and used new ones, and I downloaded images from ftp.debian.org and tried
them too (I had used ftp.ca.debian.org on the first try).
What does that missing file do?
After booting and just starting dbootstrap, should there be anything else in
/lib/modules/2.2.17? (on the RAM disk, not in /target/..... )
The funny thing is the 3com509 NIC works fine under 2.1 and 2.2. Its just
that 2.2 wont see the Intel Nic, but 2.1 sees it fine.
I checked the compac and ide-pci boot disks, but I don't think they would be
very useful on this box, but maybe I could try them anyway.
Thanks
Gregg
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