2.4.18 kernel and eth0

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 05 Jun 2003 15:13:33 -0400
Stephen Anthony <steve at stephencanthony.com> wrote:

> What a day....
> 
> 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?
Once you identify the hardware, then you might want to locate the
appropriate driver. http://www.scyld.com. This is Donald Becker's site.
Click on Linux Network Drivers. 
Normally, you configure the network driver as a loadable module rather
than a kernel driver. Most network devices are supported today, but new
stuff sometiomes takes a while to find its way into the distros. 

-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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