hi paul, welcome aboard.
we certainly do have a website, with mail archives even.
http://locutus.csres.utexas.edu/siglinux/
also, the recent "Linux and FreeBSD" thread is abnormally long.
don't expect this much fuss over a topic, typically someone asks
a question, and if someone wants to help they post a solution,
usually about 3-4 posts per thread.
now, i don't know anything about linuxconf except that i had to
eradicate it off my system some time ago... but sure, you can pass
in boot parameters with your eth0 info so the kernel will see it.
you'd do this in /etc/lilo.conf; here is mine:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=150
image=/boot/linux-2.2.6
label=linux-2.2.6
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
append="ether=10,0xb800,0,0,eth0 ether=12,0xd000,0,0,eth1"
after updating lilo.conf remember to run lilo before you reboot.
as you can see, i have eth0 parked at irq10 at address 0xb800,
and eth1 on irq12 0xd000. read up on lilo and look for its append
options if you still need help.
Paul Kwok wrote:
> hey guys,
>
> i just add myself to the list last night and i got 20 some emails from the
> list. Do you think it's a good idea to make a bulletin board webpage for
> this instead?? that will come in handy and no need for massive emailing.
> i am sure with the talent of all the ppl here, it should be really easy.
>
> Or do we already have a webpage that i don't know about?
>
> my question: I install linux but i guess i did something wrong at setup,
> when i start linux, it can not find my ethenet card. if i do dmesg and i
> won't see anything about the eth0. i go to linuxconf and add the card but
> it doesn't do anything. Is there anyway i can tell linux to look for eth0?
> from where? how? i am using redhat 5.2 by the way.
>
> thanks
> paul
>
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