> - is this correct? the default 1.7.259 doesn't start the network? It does start it. > looking at the unpacked list, i find that the settings.s and rc.custom > do not seem to start the net by default, so i have to assume that the Huh? The beginning of rc.custom is: pcmcia start eval `dhcpcd--` if [ "$IPADDR" != "" ] then ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR netmask $NETMASK up route add default eth0 route add default gw $GATEWAY If that doesn't start the network, I dunno what does... > which makes me think that perhaps the eepro100 module didn't load. it eepro100 is hard compiled into the kernel. You probably cannot also load it as a module. If there are 2, you probably need to give a boot: time parameter to see both of them. > first off though, in the absence of lsmod, how does one see if any > modules are loaded? and do compiled in things show up in that list? cat /proc/modules, and, no, compiled in stuff doesn't show up. > however, i get a bunch of errors: Try running it under itself. > error: `=' expected; > last token read: `r' at line 1 in string "write(259+1)" There is one other person who has this problem. I don't know what it could be, something about your environment is preventing Lua from running correctly. Maybe your IFS or something with shell vars? The other person didn't pursue diagnosing it with me. > lua: error running argument `write(259+1)' ... > i have tried EVERYTHING but it just looks to me like this script is > either never intended to run without these errors, or i need to be in a > different directory, or something. this is on both a redhat 6.2 and a > redhat 5.2 system, if that should make any difference ( both machines > give me exactly the same output ). What do you get if you just type: 2/usr/bin/lua -e 'write(259+1)' by itself? That should have *no problems*, if it does, maybe there is something wrong with your libc5? I will have to drag out a RedHat system and see what they screwed up. > please help me. i'm desparate to get this machine going, but the > netcards don't seem to come up. i need the net, i'm 3.5K km away from > the machine, and it is _very_ painful having to assist a person over the > phone, especially as i'm trying to revive a mylex 960 card, its not very > straightforward. Fwiw, the mylex is supported, at least. > is there any reason that having 2 netcards in there would screw things > up? It could easily be confusing the driver. There is a syntax shown in the BootPrompt-HOWTO and the Ethernet-HOWTO for how to tell it to look for and find the second card, and it might need that to see the first one. What does 'ifconfig' say when typed all by itself? Please pursue the Lua issue with me, it is going to byte more people if there really is something about RedHat that breaks the buildit.s script. In the meantime, (if you still need to rebuild, rather than just use the boot: parms for the network cards), you can probably rebuild *when booted under tomsrtbt*, with the drive mounted. -Tom
