On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 14:18 -0700, Gary wrote: > Questions below... > > Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote in message news:<2UpxE-67g-57@gated-at.bofh.it>... > > In message <2UoBz-5oI-45@gated-at.bofh.it>, Gary <gary@garynielson.com> > > writes > > >I need to replace my NIC card and have an Intel NIC card as a > > >replacement. The system is already built and configured for the old > > >card. Do I need to add the module to the kernel? I have never done > > >that after building the system, so how do I go about it? How do I > > >configure the NIC for 10 meg speed and half duplex? > > >System is woody, kernel 2.4. > > > > > Have you compiled the existing kernel, plus only modules you actually > > need, or do you still have an original installation? If the latter, the > > correct module should be there. You need to add it to the list in > > /etc/modules, and I think that should do. It's a while since I changed > > NICs after installation. > > I did the basic install with the woody cds, installing kernel 2.4 and > then only installing the module for the NIC card I was using -- not > the one I will be replacing it with. Are you saying all I have to do > is add it to /etc/modules? Where do I get the statements I need for > Intel cards to add to /etc/modules? > You will most likely need to add e100 to /etc/modules. Test it first by doing modprobe e100 and seeing if it loads correctly. > Or is it even easier than that with the other writer's suggestion of > discover1? The only thing is I haven't followed the discussion on > discover vs. discover1 and discover2 so I gather all of these do the > same things, 1 and 2 are just upgraded versions? Discover will automatically load the correct module for you and you wont need to add it to /etc/modules. Woody only has the original discover so you can just ignore the stuff about discover vs discover1. Just apt-get discover... -- Eric Gaumer <gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu>
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