For the nic card this is what you do;
"insmod <drvr name>"
"ifup eth0"
#then open up linuxconf or netcfg and put in apropriate IP's gateways
and DNS.
that should work if the card is supported and does not have any
conflicts.
Sean
Lief Erickson wrote:
>
> I have a couple of different issues that I encounter, depending which
> Mandrake version (6.1 or 7.0) I attempt to install.
>
> Problem 1
>
> After I run autoboot.bat for v7.0 from the command line, it starts to load,
> a bunch of messages fly past and then I get the following message:
>
> Partition check...autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun...autorun DONE.
> VFS: Cannot open root device 08:01
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:01
>
> I'm completely clueless as to how I should troubleshoot this.
>
> Any thoughts? (Read Problem 2 more information)
>
> Problem 2
>
> While trying to install v6.1 I don't have Problem 1 and I can configure all
> of my options (mouse, keyboard, video) except the NIC. The installation
> process isn't recognizing the NIC, and the driver for my SMC 10/100 card
> (1211) is not part of the installation process. In order for the
> installation process to continue I must choose that I do NOT want networking
> installed for my machine, which, in fact, I do, because the machine will be
> a file and print server.
>
> My questions:
>
> 1) Is it possible to say that I don't want networking installed during the
> installation process, but after installation is complete to install the
> appropriate driver (already downloaded from the SMC website) for the NIC and
> can configure networking (eth0) at that point?
>
> 2) If so, how?
>
> -Lief Erickson
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