normally, the latest livecd boot up the system, and everything works. if the livecd boot up and something is not working, i guess it must be a hardware issue.
BTW, ifconfig -a does show my eth0 NIC, but ifconfig eth0 up cannot start my NIC. On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6 August 2010 13:45, Xi Shen <davidshe...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> i reboot the system, fresh start with livcd. all reports the same error. :( >> >> i noticed that the hardware address is 3a:3a:2d:6c:3a:3a, which is >> obviously an invalid one. i guess it is a hardware failure... > > Hmm ... if ifconfig -a does not show your device then this merits > further investigation. > > Does the LiveCD have the requisite driver for your eth0? > > In your normal OS the permanent udev rules could have messed up the > order of your devices (assuming that you have more than one network > interface) so that eth1 is now eth0. > > However, I am not sure that the LiveCD would show the same problem as > it would run its own udev daemon. Either way, ifconfig -a should show > all your interfaces and MAC numbers (as long as there is the > appropriate driver in the kernel). > > If it is a hardware failure it may be worth trying to reseat the card > if separate to the MoBo, or disable/enable in the BIOS to reset it. > -- > Regards, > Mick > > -- Best Regards, Xi Shen (David) http://twitter.com/davidshen84/