Re: multiple ethernet cards
Tom Allison <tallison1@twmi.rr.com> writes:
Tom> I think what I need to end up with is this:
Tom> add an entry into /etc/network/interfaces that goes like this:
Tom> iface eth1 inet dhcp ( I have a dhcp connection on the internet )
Yup.
Tom> And I need something in the /etc/modules.conf like: alias tulip eth1
Tom> and this is where I get stuck.
Tom>
Tom> I know that Debian doesn't directly modifty the modules.conf file, but
Tom> I can't find anything that tells me how to set it up.
Tom> /etc/modules has a list of modules to load at boot time... But they
Tom> don't provide an alias...
Tom>
Tom> how do I do this????
Create or edit a file under /etc/modutils with the alias line (which,
BTW, is probably 'alias eth1 tulip', not the other way around). Then
run 'update-modules' as root; this will regenerate the modules.conf
file.
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