Janne, This work-around did the trick. I really appreciate your input. Thanks you so much! Woody is up and running on my Dell Inspiron 8000. Quite a relief after my unsuccessful conversion from progeny debian and subsequent problems installing Woody from scratch.
David, Is it fair to say this is a bug that should submitted at the debian site? Atleast two of us have had this problem. --- Janne Morén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, so only semi-solved (so far), but I found out how to get around it. > > The device stuff is setup fine, so all you need to do is to activate the > network manually: > > ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 (or whatever IP you want it to have) > route add default gw 192.168.0.1 (or whatever gw) > > Then go back to the install screen and choose 'alternate', to go on with > the installation. choose 'network' install, and you're on your way. > --- Janne Morén <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw your message on the debian list archive. I have _exactly_ the same > problem (3c589, static network settings), and I just wonder if you have > found a solution on the problem? > --- David Kimdon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 05:32:18PM -0700 wrote: > > To whom it may concern, > > > > I can not get my network connection to work correctly. I see in > > /var/log/messages the following messages from cardmgr: > > > > executing: 'modprobe -r 3c589_cs' > > executing: './network start eth0' > > + cat: /var/lib/misc/pcmcia-scheme: No such file or directory > > > > I'm using the idepci flavor of stable woody installation diskette images. > Is > > the missing file my problem or this a red herring? > I'm not sure, it may be a red herring. > > What is the actual problem? What point do you get to in the > installation? If you do : > > # ifconfig -a > > Do you see an interface (eth0, probably)? only lists lo, no eth0 > > Are you doing DHCP or a static configuration? > static First I configure PCMCIA then I configure the network. When I complete network configuration I'm told that the network is configured but not active. Re-configuring either PCMCIA or network does not fix this. > > -David ===== Clinton S. Olson - Owner, Steven's Pass Carving Elvises http://home.bak.rr.com/fl/fl.htm "The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen" -- Bob Lemon, former manager Royals/White Sox/Yankees __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
