[olug] eth0 troubles

[Jon]

If I am compilng my kernel I always compile ethernet as module.  than make sure the alias eth0 <modulename> is in the /etc/conf.modules file.  It's hard to imagine they broke too much support from 2.2 to 2.4 make sure the module exists is loaded with the right parameters and is aliased.  If your redhat config hasn't changed it should work.  otherwise download slackware 8.0 and install it.  Much easier to work with IMHO.

-Jon

On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 04:00:40PM -0500, bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu wrote:
> 
> Hi guys.
> 
> Here's my situation.
> 
> I have a box I'm loading up to be a firewall.  Bare bones install (no X,
> etc).
> 
> It's a 486/33 with 48Mb of Ram, and 1Gb of space.
> 
> I have it loaded with Redhat 6.2.
> 
> I downloaded 2.4.5 and compiled it for a 486 with all the Networking
> options.  It boots fine.
> 
> The problem is the ethernet card.  It doesn't seem to recognize it even
> though I compiled support for it into the kernel.  It gives me a "Delaying
> eth0 initialization" when I do an ifup eth0.  When I do an ifconfig command
> to configure it it says "No such device".
> 
> If I boot back to the 2.2 kernel it works fine.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
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