Hello,
I've been trying to get an Intel Etherexpress PRO/100 pci nic to work in linux
for 3 weeks, and I'm almost ready to give up. Linux is renowned for being a
superior network OS, but I can't prove it.
My distro is Linux-Mandrake 6.0, but I'm running a custom kernel compiled from
the kernel.org 2.2.14 source.
When I installed Linux, I didn't have a nic, so I'm trying to add this one to
my running system.
I have compiled support for the eepro100 as a module. When I configured my
eth0 interface with netcfg, I specified that it not be activated at boot.
Since it is a PCI card, I have not specified an IRQ or i/o.
When I boot, I get the message that interface eth0 was started OK anyway.
When I manually activate the eth0 interface with netcfg, I get the message:
"Delaying eth0 initilization". Then I deactivate it and get the message
"unknown interface."
When I manually launch the eth0 interface with the appropriate ifconfig command
I get these errors:
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: Unknown interface: No such device
SIOSCIFNETMASK: No such device
eth0: Unknown interface: No such device
How can this be an unknown interface and still be launching at boot? Why is it
launching at boot when netcfg still shows is as not activated at boot?
I have a dual-boot maching, and the nic works beautifully in Windows98.
What the heck do I have to do to make this thing work?
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Jeremy Kersenbrock
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