Re: Silly question: Where's eth0?
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 10:02:31AM +0200, Matthias Feichtinger wrote:
> I had the same problem.
> The mistake was made while installing.
> It is not possible to change things, e.g. having to configure more
> than one ethernetcard.
> I made a script of my own need and everythings works as I wanted it
> to work. So, first man ifconfig, then man route and if needed, you might
> start your script with init.d.
> At next installing don't mention any NIC at all. The debian way to do
> is a kind of mystery. When there's enough time I will rebuild it.
Are you seriously telling people that you can't add a NIC to Debian
without re-installing? Get a life.
Now, if you're using some pointy-clicky lindows thingy, perhaps. Get
rid of it.
udev should find all your hardware. If you find it doesn't, do the
old-fashioned method. Find the right module (read the kernel-docs, read
the chips on your NIC, match them up), and insmod it. If you need
parameters its easier (if you want a bit of a GUI) to install modconf
which will ask for the parameters and put them in the right place.
Your module name would go under /etc/modules and be loaded at each boot.
Once you have an eth* you can then go ahead and put it in
/etc/network/interfaces.
Done.
The Debian way isn't a mistery. Read the debian-manual, man pages, and
if necessary, ask here.
Doug.
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