Re: PCMCIA Network card issue
Joseph Santaniello <[email protected]>
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Idependant of sorting out the kernel issue with mounting /boot have a look at: /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and /etc/pcmcia/network. Specify in there that you want to use dhcp. Joseph On Sun, 2002-09-08 at 22:10, William Stenross wrote: > I currently am trying to get Gentoo working on a Dell Inspiron 3700 > laptop with a 3com 3ccfe575ct PCMCIA network card. However, the nework > card fails to start when I start the computer. When I had redhat > installed on this laptop, it was using kernel driver 3c575_cb for the > PCMCIA card. > > Here is the exact error message during start-up: > > "failed to bring eth0 up" > > This happens when it is trying to start dhcpcd. It does however, load > PCMCIA support during the start-up. > > When I configured the kernel during the install it only had options for > 3c574 and 3c589. Would those work with my PCMCIA card? > > I tried to recompile the kernel with support for those two drivers, but > I'm not sure if I'm recompiling the kernel correctly. > > Here are the steps I go through: > > cd /usr/src/linux > # make menuconfig > <check to make sure 3c374 and 3c389 are marked to be included> > # make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install > # mv /boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage.orig > <here it gives me the error message that bzImage doesn't exist. Shouldn't it exist though, since I have already compiled a kernel before (when I was installing gentoo)?> > # cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot > > When I reboot, it doesn't seem to load the new kernel. (I could be wrong). > > I have some experience with linux and unix systems, but this is the > first time I've really taken a look under the hood, so to speak, so any > help or direction towards places on the web that might help me would be > greatly appreciated. If any additional information is needed feel free > to ask. > > thanks. > > -Bill > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-newbies