Re: Installing a second ethernet card: nightmare over the night!

["Statux" <statux bigfoot com>]

The Ethernet-HOWTO should explain how to fix this

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-----Original Message-----
From: SLP <aromes microtec net>
To: redhat-install-list redhat com <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Saturday, October 31, 1998 2:41 AM
Subject: Installing a second ethernet card: nightmare over the night!


>
>
>Hi,
>I have 2 NE2000 compatible ethernet cards That I m trying to install on my
>Linux PC(redhat5.0,kernel2.0.32).
>The first one was successfully recognized as an NE2000 ethernet card
>during the install process and everything is
>OK for it.
>But my second ethernet card (hardly need to install it for routing
purposes)
>is causing me headaches:
>The docs suggested to open the case of my PC, physically install it, then
>reboot.
>And normally I m supposed to have it automatically recognized by the
kernel.
>No, it s not part of my booting arguments and ifconfig command ignores it.
>I also couldnt manually configure it with ifconfig(error=No such device)
and
>trying to load it as module failed.
>So, I went recompiling kernel but none of the numerous ethernet devices
>options were
>compatible with mine (I have a Linksys Ether PCI II LAN card, which can
>easily work
>as NE2000 compatible). I chose NE2000 compatible and all the other devices
>that were
>closed to my PCI ethernet card. Even options for ISA card were chose. And I
>carefully made sure that
>they re not chosen as modules, but mainly as static network interfaces.
>Same old problem.
>That didnt change anything.
>
>I ve read Ethernet How TO, serial How to ..lot of docs(include the
>excellent Network Toolkit book
>by Paul G.Sery)
>But I still need help.
>
>Thanks
>
>
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