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RE: HELP!! with lilo.conf



What does your lilo.conf file look like?

You should have something like this

append="ether=0,0,eth1"

in your image section

Jason

> 
> 
> I have a network set up (one other machine) and have now decided to go
> to cable for Internet access (phone service here is painfully slow, and
> won't be going to DSL within the next decade).  I installed another card
> (rtl8139), which the BIOS recognises, but the kernel does not.
> 
> The Ethernet and Boot HOW-TOs both prescribe including the following in
> lilo.conf, to force the kernel to search for the second card:
> 
> ether=0,0,eth1
> 
> or
> 
> ether=12,0x320,eth1
> ether=10,0x300,eth0
> 
> 
> When I do this, and run lilo, it tells me I have a syntax error (in both
> cases), and will not process anything past the offending entry.
> 
> What am I doing wrong, and what do I do to correct it, please?
> 
> Just for the record, ifconfig eth1 gets a "device cannot be found"
> response.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Cam
> 
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