Hi I use the rtl8139 module also for my nics. It requires pci-scan to load first. Also you can check to see if your cd-rom is being recognized in all of that text that scrolls by as you start up. Use <shift> page-up to see what just went by. My modules.conf looks like this: <snip>
# PCI ethernet cards pci-scan rtl8139 </snip> Hope this helps, Robert Williams # PCI ethernet cards >I think I missed something in the module loading process. I get everything >loading in the boot process and its missing loading the modules for the >network cards. I am sure its in the module file in \etc but I don't know if >I am doing this correctly. > >I am booting from the floppy to load the CD. I have no HDD so the CD player >is ' /hda '. I am sure this is pretty obvious but I am only used to doing >dual floppies. All my Nics are PCI or integrated and I have been using the >dual floppy version for almost a year. > >anyone got a clue train ticket to sell me? Why its not loading the modules? > > >thanks >Alec > >############################################### > ! mount iso9660 /dev/hda > ># You can directly reference modules, like this: >#/scsi/aic7xxx >#/fs/ext2 > ># Or change the default directory, like this: >! dir /lib/modules/net > ># PCI ethernet cards >#3c59x >rtl8139 >3c509 > >.................. > >!umount > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leaf-user mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user