Thanks. Now both my 3c509 and NE2000 are working. The is the command I've been searching for (to add NICs) which eluded me for some time. The HOWTOs should really be rewritten as it is not clearly written specially for someone who has been an NT administrator for years.
Now, time to prove to my boss about Linux vs. NT -----Original Message----- From: wb2oyc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debby Ian <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 5:00 PM Subject: Re: help please! still unknown interface and SIOCSIFADDR!!!!! >>eth0: unknown interface >> >>I have setup my NE2000 to be IRQ=5 and IO=0x300. Please help!! >Rino, > > The eth0 message means the kernel did not find the ethernet card >during its last boot. You could try the "module" and see if it will >initialize the card. Ie: insmod ne2 300,5 should insert the module >in the running kernel. If that doesn't work, I would suspect that >some kernel option has not been selected (when you rebuilt it). If >you still have the original kernel around, boot it and see what gives. >All kernels since 2.0.0 will find an NE2000 clone; at least those of >the well-behaved category. > >Note that there are many that do not have the proper signature byte, >but I've been using LinkSys cards for years, and they've always worked. >Besides that, the Linux driver even deals with many of those of the >poor clone class as well; usually. > >Paul > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
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