I have one more thought on the matter of trying to get my rtl8139 NIC going on the 2.4 kernel (which may have been painfully obvious to most of you...).
Whenever I have tried to configure the card in 2.4 using modconf or pppoeconf, the message I always get is not a "not found" but instead "device already in use" or something equivalent. As you know, during the bootup process, I get a screen that says "Choose your network environment", which has the options of default Installation_default new Setup_new_environment Whether booting up into 2.2 or 2.4, I've always chosen the first option. Could it be possible that by choosing the first option when booting up into 2.4, I'm making the network try to run on the 2.2 kernel setup, which is causing a conflict? Perhaps, when I boot up into 2.4, I should choose "setup new environment"? If so, the problem I have here is figuring what kinds of values I am supposed to input in the new setup, because I am asked for all kinds of addresses and numbers (I am doing DHCP). I am also afraid that if I mess this up, I'll lose my connection again, and have to do a reinstall (for the 11th time or so...). I Googled for "Debian setup new enviroment" but couldn't turn up anything. I also couldn't find a detailed explanation of this in the manual. Any help is appreciated. Chuck ---------------------------- Charles Muller Toyo Gakuen University Faculty of Humanities 1660 Hiregasaki, Nagareyama-shi Chiba 270-0161, JAPAN Web Resources for East Asian Language and Thought http://www.acmuller.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]