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From: Joe Giles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:51 AM
To: Red Hat List
Subject: Re: I want to add a second network card...
Well, Linux has come along way with auto detecting new hardware. If the
nic is on the Hardware Compatibility list for Red Hat, you can si
Well, Linux has come along way with auto detecting new hardware. If the
nic is on the Hardware Compatibility list for Red Hat, you can simply
add it to the machine and reboot. Kudzu should detect it and ask you if
you want to configure the new device. Once that is done, you are all
set. You can, th
If the new card is the same as the current card, it's easy. You can
also use Kudzu, but here's the brute-force approach:
bash# cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
bash# cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth1
(edit ifcfg-eth1 appropriately, making sure to change DEVICE=)
If there is a line like the following
I would like to add a second network card to my existing box.
I have looked at the various HOW-TOs and Guides at The Linux Documentation Project
(finding some that I have not seen before and are very interesting in themselves) but
did not see anything about adding new hardware.
Can anyone point
