On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Joseph Reisinger wrote:
> I installed Debian Woody on a test box at home. It works fine right out of
> the box, internet and all, but after I reboot, it says the eth0 device
> does not exist. Anyone know how I can run the spiffy dhcp autodetect
> again (the one the Debian install does)? Or more generally, how I can get
> linux to recognize the eth0 device?
Eh? So it works when you turn it on, but it doesn't work when you reboot?
Anyways, do "/sbin/ifconfig eth0".
If you see anything, then the drivers are loaded. You can do "/sbin/dhcpcd
eth0". I don't know Debian well enough to know where that would go in its
boot scripts.
If you don't see anything, you haven't loaded the driver for your NIC.
Look in /lib/modules/x.y.z./net to see what you have.
Then "modprobe <driver name>" (until you pick the right one).[0]
When you find the right one, add "alias eth0 <driver name>" to
modules.conf or conf.modules (whichever one you have) and the problem
should be solved.
Paul
[0] You will see many object files. If the driver is called ne.o, just use
ne for driver name.
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