Mike Hicks wrote: > > > 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. Nope, it goes like bringing up interface lo and then bringing up interface eth2.. How do I know which one is my ethernet port (eth0,1 or 2?) The first ones (eth 0 and 1) were not seen although they were never deleted.. > 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.) > The card get configured by dhcp. > > 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' Did that but what after loadin 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org