Re: [gentoo-user] Configuration Situation
what is the output of ifconfig -a does it show the device, or is it just a problem with dhcp? On 8/6/07, Colleen Beamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was having trouble with my desktop and couldn't get it to boot. There were some files on the hard drive that hadn't been included in my last backup that I wanted. On a lark, I took the hard drive out of my desktop (built by me) and put it into and old Dell Optiplex GX100 that I have. Yes, I know - different hardware. I booted to the Gentoo Stage 3 installation CD and pretty much followed all the steps that are in the Gentoo Handbook. The only things that I didn't do were partition the hard drive and do the section on installing Grub. The problem that I am having with the installation is that the install CD recognized my network device and the internet connection works fine, even in the chroot'd environment. However, when I boot from the hard drive, the network connection is *not* recognized. The card is a 3Com 905C and the driver that I am supposed to load, according to Help when I was compiling genkernel, is 3c90x. However, when I boot, I get an error when it comes to configuring dhcp. dmesg provides no help 'cause it looks like it is loading the appropriate driver. And before you ask - :-) I *did* do the step 'cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf when I was supposed to. (I'm adding that last comment because it *was* a step I missed the first couple of times I installed Gentoo!) Any ideas? Regards, Colleen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- / / \ O / \/_( .__ / \ __\/ ) ./ (
Re: [gentoo-user] Configuration Situation
Paul wrote: what is the output of ifconfig -a does it show the device, or is it just a problem with dhcp? ifconfig -a shows the device just fine. And for what it's worth, I rebuilt dhcpcd while I was in the chroot'd environment. Regards, Colleen On 8/6/07, *Colleen Beamer* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I was having trouble with my desktop and couldn't get it to boot. There were some files on the hard drive that hadn't been included in my last backup that I wanted. On a lark, I took the hard drive out of my desktop (built by me) and put it into and old Dell Optiplex GX100 that I have. Yes, I know - different hardware. I booted to the Gentoo Stage 3 installation CD and pretty much followed all the steps that are in the Gentoo Handbook. The only things that I didn't do were partition the hard drive and do the section on installing Grub. The problem that I am having with the installation is that the install CD recognized my network device and the internet connection works fine, even in the chroot'd environment. However, when I boot from the hard drive, the network connection is *not* recognized. The card is a 3Com 905C and the driver that I am supposed to load, according to Help when I was compiling genkernel, is 3c90x. However, when I boot, I get an error when it comes to configuring dhcp. dmesg provides no help 'cause it looks like it is loading the appropriate driver. And before you ask - :-) I *did* do the step 'cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf when I was supposed to. (I'm adding that last comment because it *was* a step I missed the first couple of times I installed Gentoo!) Any ideas? Regards, Colleen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- / / \ O / \/_( .__ / \ __\/ ) ./ ( -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Configuration Situation
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Colleen Beamer schrieb: However, when I boot from the hard drive, the network connection is *not* recognized. The card is a 3Com 905C and the driver that I am supposed to load, according to Help when I was compiling genkernel, is 3c90x. However, when I boot, I get an error when it comes to configuring dhcp. dmesg provides no help 'cause it looks like it is loading the appropriate driver. And before you ask - :-) I *did* do the step 'cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf when I was supposed to. (I'm adding that last comment because it *was* a step I missed the first couple of times I installed Gentoo!) Any ideas? Stefan, you are totally my hero, in an ethereal sort of way! ;-) This worked! And another lesson learned - one of the many, many reasons I *absolutely love* Gentoo - I've learned *so* much! Thanks ever so much! :-) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Configuration Situation
Colleen Beamer schrieb: Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Colleen Beamer schrieb: However, when I boot from the hard drive, the network connection is *not* recognized. The card is a 3Com 905C and the driver that I am supposed to load, according to Help when I was compiling genkernel, is 3c90x. However, when I boot, I get an error when it comes to configuring dhcp. dmesg provides no help 'cause it looks like it is loading the appropriate driver. And before you ask - :-) I *did* do the step 'cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf when I was supposed to. (I'm adding that last comment because it *was* a step I missed the first couple of times I installed Gentoo!) Any ideas? Stefan, you are totally my hero, in an ethereal sort of way! ;-) I consider quoting this on my website ... ;-) This worked! And another lesson learned - one of the many, many reasons I *absolutely love* Gentoo - I've learned *so* much! Thanks ever so much! :-) I am happy it worked out for you. Stefan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
