Two weeks ago, I originally posted an issue whereby Debian Linux "woody" running kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 would not recognize the on-board Intel Ethernet Express Pro100. Thanks to all who responded.
Here's the simple fix, provided by Peter C. Norton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
echo "alias eth0 eepro100" >> /etc/modutils/local update-modules
I entered this command, re-booted, and all is well.
Peter Norton explains it very well below.
Thanks again,
- Danny O'Brien
On Jan 23, 2004, at 12:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:25:28 -0800 From: "Peter C. Norton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [nylug-talk] VA 2200/Debian installation challenges To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 07:13:25AM -0800, Dale Harris wrote:No. Should work. Just might want to make sure the kernel had the e100
driver configured. Actually eepro100 should work, too, but I believe
the e100 has had less problems.
Agreed - intel did a good job with the e100 driver. But I'm not sure its in woody by default. From a system I've got that started out as woody, its the 2.2.20 kernel by default, and the 2.4 kernel as an option. Its not 100% that the e100 driver will be in the 2.4 and its definetely not in the 2.2.x kernels.
So to follow on to what Dale is saying since its debian, one way to specify your driver if its not done automagically for you is to do the following:
echo "alias eth0 eepro100" >> /etc/modutils/local update-modules
This tells the module loader that when something is looking for "eth0" that its really looking for the eepro100 driver.
-Peter
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