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Almost got LinkSys PCI Card working, but...



I did put them in /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net (uname -r produced 2.2.14-5.0). Is
there somewhere else I that I need to notify linux to look at startup? (I don't
understand startup on this linux box)

Derek Atkins wrote:

> "Kevin M. Gleason" <kgleason at ma.ultranet.com> writes:
>
> > -  I could not find /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0BOOT/net or smp/net to copy new
> > modules over to (did copy them to /net correctly).
>
> Um, you _probably_ want them in /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net..  What
> does 'uname -r' give you?
>
> > - Could not find /etc/rc.modules file in RedHat Ver 6.2 (did they
> > consolidate this into another file)?
>
> No such file.
>
> > - added line to the /etc/conf.modules
> >         alias eth0 tulip (THIS LINE WAS THERE ALREADY)
> >         options tulip irq=11 options=0 debug=1 (added options and debug)
> >
> > BOTTOM LINE when I rebooted, card was no longer recognized...ifup was no
> > longer recognizing eth0. Any suggestions?
>
> Probably because the module wasn't in the right place.
>
> -derek
>
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