Am 2003-11-01 23:29:08, schrieb David Zelinsky: >"Dr. Fred M'Bogo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The way I usually bypass not having a cd on a laptop is that I >> install the drivers, configure pcmcia, install the nic (usually from >> the console) and then just configure the network. After that >> everything works as usual. > >I've been trying to do just this, but after configuring the network, >I'm told "Network is configured but not activated", so I can't >continue with the network install. The pcmcia/ethernet is being >recognized correctly. But eth0 is never brought up.
Do you have adder the route ??? route add eth0 ... It is not set automaticly... >This was with a manual network configuration; it did finally work with >DHCP (after I figured out how to install a DHCP server on my desktop >machine). I checked the numbers I was giving it several times, so I >don't believe it was just a bad configuration. In fact, if I remember >right, I did manage to bring the network up manually with ifconfig. > >Is this a bug in the installer? Or am I doing something wrong? It is a bug, because route does not work automaticly... >David Michelle -- Registered Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
