On the last questions you forgot the plural of network. In /etc/network/interfaces you need something for your ethernet card. i.e.
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.8.30 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.8.0 broadcast 192.168.8.255 gateway 192.168.8.254 -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Second reply to David - now answering last 3 questions: Let me know if > you have any ideas. Thank. > Randy > > > > > I'm doing some guessing, but often that works. > > > > How do you know that modprobe didn't find the card and install the > > correct > > driver? > As mentioned before, 'Install failed' message and when going to > 'Configure network' step, it says, "No network interfaces found". > > > > What does ifconfig tell you? > > ifconfig returns the following: > Link encap: Local Loopback > inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mack: 255.0.0.0 > Up loopback running MTU 3924 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 Errors:0 etc. etc (everthing else=0) > > > > What is in /etc/modules? > 'Kernal modules to load at boot time' - none showing > > > What is in /etc/network/interfaces? > # /etc/network/interfaces -- Configuration file for ifup(8), > ifdown(8) > > # the loopback interface > iface lo inet loopback > > > And what is in /etc/networks? > 'interfaces' > > > > -- > > Sincerely, > > > > David Smead > > http://www.amplepower.com. > > > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can anyone tell me if there's another way to get a network card > > module to > > > install. I sent the following post Thursday, but got no response, > > and > > > I'm stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > I am trying to install Debian potato on an Compaq Prolinea 4/50 > > with an > > > SMC network card (ISA), and am having a problem. When I go to > > "Configure > > > the device driver modules" and then to the "net -- Drivers for > > network > > > interface card..." step, it won't install the modules for the > > network > > > card. > > > > > > Here's some info from the SMC card: > > > the back of the card says, "8013wc" > > > the FCC # is JI58013wc > > > the chipset number is 83c690LJP f9411 > > > When I run Slackware's Net.i utility it reports: > > > Eth0: WD80x3 at 0x300 00 00 c0 f1 00 8e > > > WD 8013 IRQ 10 shared memory at 0xd0000 - 0xd3fff > > > > > > So, I'm presuming this is SMC's 8013 series card. > > > > > > The modules that I have tried to install are "wd" and "smc-ultra" > > > (actually, I've tried all the SMC modules and a few others). > > Also, I > > > have tried to add various combinations of command line arguments > > for io, > > > irq, mem & mem_end, based on the above info reported by Net.i, but > > I > > > still get the "Installation failed" message. I've checked out SMC > > web > > > site driver page, but can only find a text file (of code) for the > > Linux > > > driver. Maybe I'm supposed to compile this into a driver file or > > > something -- I have no idea. > > > > > > I may have access to a number of these similarly configured > > Compaq > > > systems, and would like to try them on a Debian network of > > inexpensive > > > computers, so I am hoping to find a fix using the SMC card. Any > > help > > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Randy > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]