I has had your same problem with RedHat Linux 7.1 and 3COM isa card
3509.
The module 3c509 is inserted correctly in the Kernel if I run MANUALLY the
command:
"/sbin/insmod 3c509": the module "
/lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/drivers/net/3c509.o "
detects correctly interrupt & IO-address ( IRQ=10 and IO=0x300).
In the file "/etc/modules.conf " I had appended the rows:
alias eth0 3c509
options 3c509 irq=10 io=0x300
On reboot ( IN AUTOMATIC MODE) I had the same your error on bringing up and
initializing the adapter eth0 and so the
script "/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0" is not executed.
I had solved the trouble in this way:
1)In "/etc/init.d" I created a new script "networkbefore"
#!/bin/bash
/sbin/insmod 3c509
/bin/sleep 5
2)In "/etc/rc2.d -rc3.d -rc4.d -rc5.d " I created a link "S09networkbefore"
to the script "/etc/init.d/networkbefore".
executed before the standard script "S10network".
Ex.
cd /etc/rc2.d
ln -s /etc/init.d/networkbefore S09networkbefore (remember S
uppercase and 09 in order to executed the scripts)
After that, my restart/reboot is normal and when the system is ready I can
see booth lo(loopback) and eth0(ethernet-0) correctly
configured.
Tarcisio TUANA FRANGUEL
(Milan -Italy)
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