You better try the liveCD or liveDVD. They have more drivers, better chance to hit.
Regards, David Shen On Nov 17, 2010, at 17:25, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/17/10 16:37, walt wrote: > [snip] >>> OK I've tried as you suggested, http://www.sysresccd.org/ and it works OK. >>> When I boot I have network eth0 and it loads driver forcedeth >>> >>> I've compiled the same driver into my current kernel but there is no eth0 >> >> Does dmesg say anything about forcedeth or eth* ? > > It doesn't have a chance, the minimal ISO CD hangs up right after detecting > the keyboard. If I boot kernel option "gentoo debug *" > it prints: > > /bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off > > -- > Joseph >