Apu wrote: > > As a try to install my ethernet card , I opened up etc/conf.modules and added > the line: > > alias eth2 eepro. > > Then I tried manually restarting the network by : > /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart > > Since then my computer is hanging and during boot up I get the message > Bringing up interface eth2 and ...blinking...blinking > I would appreciate any useful suggestion. Are both eth0 and eth1 coming up before eth2? Unless things have changed recently, the first ethernet module inserted is always eth0, the second is always eth1 (unless the first module has been removed, of course), etc. Therefore, if the driver inserted successfully and came up as eth0, the boot scripts would never know (they should probably be rewritten to handle configuration based on hardware address, rather than being eth[012...] Also, does that card get configured via DHCP or BOOTP? Maybe you just have to wait for it to time-out (though I suppose you've waited.) At any rate, if you're having trouble getting in to fix the problem, try booting at the LILO prompt with `linux single' or `linux init=/bin/sh' -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ As I said before, I never / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ repeat myself. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org