how about 'alias eth1 3c950' in /etc/modules.conf. im sure if 3c950 is
the module or not, though. then try to bring the interface up.
Ward William E PHDN wrote:
>
> Ok, folks, somehow I'm having a brain freeze. I'm having trouble getting
> two NICs working in a single box together. Here's the setup:
>
> RH5.2 (Stock, no new software out of the box)
> P133, 40MB
> 2 3COM 3C590-TX Fast Ethernet Cards
>
> Everything else is probably irrelevant hardware-wise.
>
> I'm trying to setup eth0 using DHCP as my main interface to the box (named
> Woodstock). The DHCP is working fine.
>
> On the other side, I'm trying to use eth1 with a fixed address (10.0.0.1) to
> a subnet (Woodstock) as Master (yes, if you are thinking Beowulf, you're
> right).
>
> During bootup, eth0 initializes properly and all is bright and gay. Then
> it's eth1's turn, but instead of booting, it says "Delaying initializing
> eth1".
>
> OooooK. So, I try ifcfg-eth1 up and get an error that the card doesn't
> exist. The file is in place, though, so at least Linux recognizes that the
> nic is THERE.....
>
> I have NOT recompiled the kernel, so the fact that there are two identical
> cards has me thinking that perhaps my problem lies in not having an alias to
> load a second copy of the driver for the card... but can that be it? And
> how would I need to configure that? I don't want to hose the system with an
> incorrect configuration.
>
> Bill Ward
>
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