Re: ethernet card installation
Hi,
John Galt wrote:
> >to my aliases file in /etc/modutils. The line I added
> >was "alias eth0 tulip". This didn't seem to have any
> >effect. There was no /dev/eth*'s after I rebooted.
>
> If modprobe/insmod works, just add tulip to /etc/modules and you'll have
> the card up. Getting it to do what you want is for another part...
/etc/modules should not be edited by hand.
Johnny: After editing /etc/modutils/aliases, make sure to run
`update-modules`, otherwise your change goes unnoticed.
BTW, eth* does not appear as device files in /dev/; they're handled
differently by the linux kernel than other Unix implementations.
However, after changing /etc/modutils/aliases and running
`update-modules` (see the man page for more), a `ifconfig eth0 up`
should work and create the eth0 interface on the fly.
HTH,
Viktor
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