[huskerlug] Re: Gentoo Network Help

Did you edit the net.eth0 file?

-Cesar Delgado
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> From: huskerlug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:huskerlug-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Anthony
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 2:27 PM
> To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [huskerlug] Gentoo Network Help
> 
> I'm a very new user of Linux, and decided to switch from Redhat to
> Gentoo, mainly to experience a different distro.  I have run into
> problems accessing my network however.  I managed to compile and
install
> the kernel, however when I first booted it up I got the error:
> 
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: No Such Device
> Failed to bring eth0 up
> Netmount was not started
> 
> I have been to the Gentoo forums, and can't seem to find a
satisfactory
> solution.  My installation process after the preliminary steps went
> something like this:
> 
> I ran make menuconfig, and under the network devices, I added support
> for PCI/ISA/Onboard devices, 10/100 support, and then checked the
option
> for Realtek 8139 support.  I have a D-Link 550TX network card.
> 
> After finishing the configuration I ran
> make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
> cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
> 
> emerge app-admin/metalog
> rc-update add metalog default
> 
> emerge sys-apps/vcron
> rc-update add vcron default
> 
> emerge sys-apps/reiserfsprogs
> 
> Modified fstab, change root password, /etc/conf.d/net, etc.
> 
> rc-update add net.eth0 default
> 
> At this point I rebooted and got the errors.  If anyone has any
> suggestions, I would really appreciate them.  This is frustrating me a
> lot.
> 
> Dave Anthony
> 
> 
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