On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:34, Nick Rout wrote:
> /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start
>
> please don't post html to the list if you can help it.
>
> Its odd that the /etc/init.d/local script does not load the 3c59x module.
This is indeed very odd.
The 3c59x module loaded perfectly on my machine.
> the script cycles through all the available net modules and tries to
> insmod them. If one (perhaps the de4x5) hangs then it may give the
> symptoms you observe.
I don't understand why it's necessary to cycle through all the modules when
the man page talks about 'modprobe -t drivers/net' loading the first
networking module which loads correctly. vis:
-t moduletype; --type moduletype
Only consider modules of this type. modprobe will only look at
modules whose directory path includes exactly "/moduletype/".
moduletype can include more than one directory name, e.g.
"-t drivers/net" would list modules in xxx/drivers/net/ and its
subdirectories.
Looks to me as if this might be a one line solution to the problem, but then I
havn't actually tried it with lots of different nics so I don't really know.
> can you give me the output of lsmod before and after you load the 3c59x
> module?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:55:19 +0200
>
> Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Sorry, this was supposed to go to the list, not only to Chris.
> > Conrad.
> >
> > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Gentoo installfest ISO
> > files Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 09:43:52 +0200
> > From: Conrad Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > References:
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >e.net.nz><[EMAIL PROTECTED]><200306232313.03664.csawt
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > I've tried it again and waited at least 20 min this time, but there is
> > neither network nor CD activity. With the boot option 'nonet' this
> > doesn't occur. I then get to the CL and can load 3c59x, but I've no idea
> > how to start the network skript. Is there an equivalent to the Debian
> > '/etc/init.d/networking start'?
/etc/init.d/net.eth0
Gentoo generates a script for each nic you have installed.
> > Cheers,
> > Conrad.
> >
> > Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > >On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:09, Conrad Wolf wrote:
> > >>Thanks Chris!
> > >>
> > >>I've downloaded the iso (checksum was ok) and burned it. When booting
> > >>with the CD I get a boot promt, but then during the boot process the
> > >> box freezes. The last output is something like 'Searching for de4x5'.
> > >> I googled for it and found that de4x5 must be a nic module. That's
> > >> somewhat obscure, because I've got a 3Com card which normally uses
> > >> 3c59x.o.
> > >
> > >So does my machine and it works ok.
> > >How long did you wait?
> > >That phase takes quite a long time.
> > >
> > >>Cheers,
> > >>Conrad.
> > >>
> > >>Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> > >>>On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 07:01, Conrad Wolf wrote:
> > >>>>Sorry to ask, but how can I download from a http url in binary mode?
> > >>>>When I downloaded the iso with Mozilla, the checksum and even the
> > >>>> file size didn't match. For ftp I normally use the gftp package, but
> > >>>> I couldn't connect to the http url with it.
> > >>>
> > >>>I've found the command line utility wget to be pretty well bombproof
> > >>>
> > >>>wget http://www.linuxnut.co.nz/dl/gentoo-distcc-clug-0.2.iso
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>C. S.
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