Re: 3com nic

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Marty Landman wrote:
> At 05:43 PM 1/2/2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> > > > Your /etc/sysconfig/network file should have:
> > >
> > > Yikes, didn't have that file at all, but I do now. Did the restart 
> > > and it's working, thanks much.
> >
> >
> > Ye GODS!  That's really weird.  The redhat-config-network script 
> > should have set that up for you.  Ah, well, you did it by hand and it 
> > works.
>
>
> Didn't I mention that my install got a little messed up? 

No, you didn't.  For shame!

>                                                          Specifically I 
> created a floppy boot image and then installed from the 3 CD set gotten 
> from the Red Hat website. During the install package phase it got 
> through all but the last three packages, totalling 3M out of 2,204 (or 
> so) total. The installer complained about the cd and wouldn't let me out 
> of there that I could find, so I finally rebooted.
>
> I figured out that by booting off the floppy and rerunning install as an 
> upgrade it just finished up. I still have to reboot with the floppy but 
> the upgrade never asked about those last three packages. And when I ran 
> the cd checker the first and second passed while the third one failed.

Oh, a bad CD.  ALWAYS run an md5 checksum on your .iso images AND the
burned CD at least once.

> Anyway, it's all a learning experience. Or something.

Next time you'll know better.

experienced (adj): (1)Synonym for "old fart".  See "rick_stevens".
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