Re: Ethernet card does not work after Mother Board Change

[Butch Kemper <kemper@tstar.net>]

At 09:25 PM 2/8/2008, you wrote:
> Butch Kemper(kemper@tstar.net)
> is reported to have said:
> >
> > I built a system using 4.0r2 net-install and have kernel 2.6.18-5-k7
> installed.
> >
> > The motherboard failed and the replacement board has a different
> type  
> > ethernet card.
> >
> > In the kern.log file, I can see the ethernet card is recognized
> and  
> > called eth0 but:
> >
> >         The card is not
> connected to eth0 in ifconfig - there is no
> >         eth0.
> >
> >         There is not an
> interrupt level in /proc/interrupts for the
> >         ethernet card.
> >
> >         If I try an ifup
> eth0, I get an error about a non-existant
> >         device.
> >
> > I tried entering the driver name in /etc/modules but that does not
> help.
> >
> > I need some assistance on how to proceed to get the system to
> properly 
> > setup the ethernet card.
> >
>
> check the file
> /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules
>
> I suspect that there is now more then one eth0 entry. 
>
> ISTR that commenting out the old entry didn't work, so remove it and
> reboot.
>
> WT

Thank you.  The correction was as you suggested.  I deleted the
file /etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules and rebooted. 
Everything started working.

Butch