On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Paresh wrote: > Hello All,
> I am new to LINUX. I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.0. I want it to be > on the network . But it is not coming. I used 'netcfg' to set my > hostname and lo interface. that is working fine. but when I add eth0 > interface using 'netcfg' it is not activated. When I try to make it > active it says "Delaying eth0 initialization". IFCONFIG does not show me > the eth0. it shows only lo. Any help is highly appreciated . The phrase "Delaying eth0 initialization" probably comes up during a bootup right? This is probably because the 'module' software driver for the network card has not been loaded at that stage of the bootup process OR for example it's a PCMCIA card in a laptop and the PCMCIA service hasn't been started yet. Please perhaps indicate what type of network card it is, do a google search on the model of the card for example 'Etherexpress linux'. When you find out which module it is ensure it's mentioned in /etc/conf.modules. Manually you can do 'modprobe <modulename>' But perhaps the best advice by far would be to see if you can get a later version of RedHat. 7.0 is very very old now, they've gone through 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, and currently up to 9. (not 9.0). Configuration is generally easier and more automatic now. ---<GRiP>--- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
