OK, so the solution is:
The installer forgot to put:
alias eth0 3c509
in /etc/conf.modules
Regards
Gustav
Gustav Schaffter wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is long, but please help me someone. I'm 100% stumped.
>
> I have an old 486 sitting around and I wanted to use it for some logging
> purposes, but I can't get it going.
>
> The 486 has a 3Com Elink III ISA card. I've setup the card to run on the
> RJ-45 twisted pair port. (And verified. At least 20 times. :-)
>
> I have a Linksys Autosensing 10/100 hub.
>
> I connect the card with a known good Cat. 5 cable to the hub. (Any port
> except the uplink port.)
>
> I turn on the hub. (Power is lit on the hub.)
>
> I turn on the PC. The 10Mb led on the hub for the connected port does
> *not* light up. (Shouldn't it?)
>
> I boot from the bootnet.img and starts an ftp installation. I give the
> card name (Elink III). I do not give any parameters for the card. (I've
> tried that too. Didn't make any difference.) Still no sign of life on
> the hub.
>
> I give IP address etc.
>
> A message box says: "Determining host name and domain..." and the led on
> the hub goes on!!!
>
> >From this point, I can do a full ftp installation.
>
> When the installation is finished, I reboot the PC to fire up the
> system. The led on the hub is still lit up. But the startup of eth0
> fails. Message: "Delaying eth0 initialization".
>
> In /var/log/boot.log I find the messages:
>
> network: setting network parameters succeeded
> ifup: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
> network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
> ifup: Delaying eth0 initialization
> network: Bringing up interface eth0 failed
>
> I can't find any other related messages anywhere.
>
> So, I do a shutdown and I turn off the power of the PC.
>
> I turn it on again and Linux is launched. But during the full boot
> process, the led on the hub remains black and once more I have the same
> error messages as above. From this point I'm unable to get the led on
> the hub to light up, whatever I do.
>
> Except: If I launch a new installation, the led will light up and I can
> re-install. Iteration! Goto beginning of story.
>
> The above is true for three different Elink III cards that I've tried in
> two different PCs.
>
> I strongly believe that I've tried *all* combinations of I/O address /
> IRQ level on all three cards. The two PCs doesn't contain 'anything
> else'. (Of course, there is a VGA card and an IDE interface. But that's
> all.
>
> Questions:
> - Shouldn't the led on the hub light up when I turn power on in the PC?
> (The 100Mb cards from 3Com does this.)
> - There is a led on the MAC. I read somewhere that this led should
> blink. It's always lit up with a steady light. Even during the full
> working ftp installation. How should it behave?
> - What does the installation routine do to get the card running and why
> isn't the same thing done when the system boots up?
>
> And most importantly:
> - What can I do to make this work?
>
> Thanks for reading this far.
> Any tips/hints/ideas *very* much appreciated. (I'd even appreciate a "Me
> too" message. :-)
>
> Regards
> Gustav
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