On Tue Apr 25 2000 at 13:37, "Jack Farrer" wrote:
> I am new to Linux and am trying to learn it. I have recently build a Linux
> Redhat 6.2 box and installed a network card (3C509B) in the unit. It does
> not detect my NIC during boot (and plug and play is enabled in the bios). I
> have searched for documentation on installing a new NIC and can't find any.
> What is the secret?
Edit /etc/conf.modules and add this line to it:
alias eth0 3c59x
Then once these files are set up correctly:
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
doing:
ifup eth0
will bring up the interface.
Use something like linuxconf or netcfg to create the sysconfig/ config
files (they are simply shell script fragments that set host-specific
environment variables when they are sourced from other scripts - look
at /etc/rc.d/init.d/network). Then you can edit these files by hand
after this.
For a second network card, simply add another alias to
/etc/conf.modules, eg:
alias eth1 ne
option ne irq=9 io=0x300
for, in this case, an older isa-based ne2000 clone card. Then add
another file:
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
that sets up the config for that interface similar to the ifcfg-eth0
file.
It's pretty easy once you know how.
Often the trick is isolating which network driver you need and setting
up /etc/conf.modules the right way to get it all working.
Cheers
Tony
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