Thanks mike. I can restrt now. I was able to run sh and edit the .modules file and now I am back in business. apu Mike Hicks wrote: > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org