2.4.18 kernel and eth0

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 03:13:33PM -0400, Stephen Anthony wrote:
> I spent most of it trying to get the 2.4.18 kernel to recognize and
> configure my eth0 device. It would see it, but not configure it.
> Grumble. I was doing this from the kernel-source-2.4.18-686 package.
> 
> So I thru up my hands and did apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686 
> 
> Now, it doesn't even *see* the eth0 device. Did I do something in the
> build from sources that would break the image package itself? Or is
> there some other magic I need to supply?

What is the hardware for this ethernet card? You need to load the
appropriate device driver as a kernel module.

-dsr-

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