Re: newbee question

The two eth cards are different :( 
What you suggesting seems to need a lot of head scratching ....
Is'nt there an eth script that I can use for this? I do not
believe I am the first running in this problem ...
	However , I'll try the suggested path ... Perhaps I'll get lucky :)
Alex



On 4 Mar 2003 at 19:14, Keith Mastin wrote:

> Hi Alex,
> 
> > Sorry, no Kudzu either. I need to do all by hand ...
> > Alex
> >
> > On 4 Mar 2003 at 16:39, Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> >
> >> Question ... How do I install it's drivers manually? There is no
> >> Linuxconf or Setup on this machine and I can not install them. A
> >> PURE Linux solution is needed here.
> >>
> >> Have you tried KUDZU?
> >>
> >> Assuming you are on level 5
> >> i.e. chkconfig --level 5 kudzu on
> >> and then boot the box.
> >>
> >> Those are the simplest instructions although not the most elegant.
> 
> It's a common problem... what happens is basically init finds the
> first match for the module and then happily moves on, thinking it's
> done it's job. I'm assuming that you logically put in a second NIC
> that's the same as the first one because you know it works...
> 
> Check dmesg. See if the NIC is recognized, and if so,ignore the above.
> :) If it's not, then try a simple
>       modprobe \*
> and check dmesg again. If it's not there, you have some googling to do
> to make sure you can specify the correct module, and if you need to
> set parameters. If no parameters are needed, then
>      modprobe <module>
> but if paramters are needed, then
>      insmod <module> <parm1> <parm2> (etc.)
> 
> Once you get the correct information, try setting it in
> /etc/modules.conf and reboot. If that doesn't stick, you may want to
> set the module in /etc/rc.d/rc.local so it comes up on boot. Don't
> forget to set the ifconfig parameters either in rc.local or (better)
> in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethx.
> 
> HTH
> 
> -- 
> Keith Mastin
> BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc.
> Toronto, Canada
> (416)696-6070
> 
> 
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