On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Johnny Blade wrote: >--- John Galt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:32:09 -0700 (MST) >> Subject: Re: ethernet card installation >> >> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Johnny Blade wrote: >> >> >I am new to Linux, and have recently installed >> Debian. >> > In my attempts to get connected to my school's >> >ethernet, I have found that there is no /dev/eth*'s >> on >> >my system. >> > >> >I have one network card, a Netgear FA310TX. I >> found >> >this card in a hardware list with the word "Tulip" >> in >> >parentheses next to it, so following the Ethernet >> >HOWTO's instructions on how to use ethernet drivers >> as >> >modules I tried to install the card by adding an >> alias >> >> Did you first try to insmod/modprobe the module to >> make sure it worked? > >I was able to modprobe many of the modules in my >/lib/modules/<dist>/net directory successfully. I'm >clueless as to telling if this allowed the detection >of my NIC. I didn't see /dev/eth0 appear, and when I >ran "modprobe --showconfig", one of the lines said >"alias eth0 off". That line is nowhere in my >modules.conf, so I don't know where that's coming >from.
insmod tulip is the only one needed... >Would I even see a /dev/eth0 appear after modprobe'ing >the correct driver? I'm not sure what I'm looking >for. Look at ifconfig rather than in /dev >As far as updating the kernel goes, does the 2.4.2 >kernel work ok with the potato dist? I'm currently >running 2.2.18pre21. Look in the archives. Adrian Bunk has packaged waht you need to use 2.4 kernels with potato. >Thanks for your help so far! > >-JB > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices! >http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!!!
