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Dave Michelson (dmichelson@ieee.org)
Sat, 20 Jan 2001 13:00:13 -0800
syv@db-networks.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have RH 6.2 with a 3com 905btx, the kernel is: 2.2.14
>
> I upgraded the kernel to 2.2.16 with rpm -Fvh ....
It would be nice to know the precise name of the packages that you
upgraded.
Also, it pays to look for upgrade instructions rather than to just wing
it :-)
(I note that you used options Fvh rather than ivh as recommended.)
This document describes how to upgrade the kernel RPMs on Red Hat 4.2,
5.x, and 6.x systems:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html
> Now, I seem to have lost the network. ifconfig eth0
> just reports: local loopback 127.0.0.1
>
> ifconfig eth0 up: ==> No such device
>
> What am I missing?
Support for this NIC has not been compiled into the stock kernel. Your
choices:
1. Compile a new version of the kernel with support for the 3c905.
2. Add an entry into /etc/conf.modules that will automatically load a
suitable module when you boot your system.
The latter route is the simplest and most flexible. A suitable entry in
/etc/conf.modules might be
alias eth0 3c90x
Of course, you don't have to reboot to add this support. The module can
also be loaded from the shell.
There are other possible reasons why a 3c509 driver has not been
loaded. However, the above is the most obvious and should be checked
first.
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