[tulip] getting the system to look for eth0

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Mon, 19 Feb 2001 20:55:01 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Will Robinson wrote:

> And doing a modprobe eth0 likewise gives me no problems.  However, when I
> do an /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart, the computer only initializes lo
> and doesn't seem to know that it's supposed to initialize eth0.  I saw in
> an earlier email that someone mentioned putting an ifcfg-eth0 script
> somewhere, but I don't know where to put it or what it should contain...

This is set up with 'linuxconf'.

> Please help me clear this final hurdle if you can!  I'm running RedHat 6.2
> with the most recent version of the tulip drivers and a LinkSys LNE100TX
> card.  I'm also trying to get my IP address dynamically via DHCP, but I
> doubt that matters(?)

Check the proper box in the 'linuxconf' dialog.

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