Re: Recompiled kernel and killed network card (newbie)

["Lisa C. Boyd" <lcboyd@nc.rr.com>]

Sorry for not giving more information earlier :)

lspci returns this line:
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] 
(rev 24)

ifconfig has a line for lo but no line for eth0.

I compared the new config file to the old one but don't see any differences 
in the networking references.

dmesg|more doesn't reference the nic. I saw the following PCI related 
messages. Not sure if this is relevant?
	PCI: PCI BIOS Revision 2.10 entry at 0xfcaee, last bus=2
	PCI: Using configuration type 1
	PCI: Probing PCI hardware unknown bridge resource 0: assuming transparent

Should I have a /dev/eth0? If so, I don't. I'm confused about using 
built-in drivers vs. modules. I understand the concepts, but how do I tell 
one from the other? If I remember correctly, in make menuconfig there are 
only options for the type of networking (like TCP/IP, IPX). I didn't see 
any options to select a 3Com or compatible card. So what am I missing?

Thanks for the help!
Lisa B. <- who thinks if she lives through this, maybe she won't be such a 
newbie anymore!


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