Clone install headaches

Sergio Salvi lists3-8OOxOvJoDXDLSf97qRSy8VAUjnlXr6A1 at public.gmane.org
Wed Mar 10 18:32:25 UTC 2004


Please send the output of the following commands:

cat /etc/modules.conf

cat /etc/modprobe.conf (it's ok if this command fails -- this file is used only 
in 2.6.x kernels)

cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

[]s,
Salvi


Paul DiRezze wrote:
> At 11:38 AM 10/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> 
>> The ifconfig command will list the network interfaces. It doen't 
>> necessarily mean that the hardware is working property. In this case, 
>> it seems to be working. You can see form lspci. It sais which modules 
>> are loaded and attached to what device. Anyhow, not you know the card 
>> is there. Next thing is to setup the networking. In a shell as root 
>> type netconfig. Select dhcp and ok. 
> 
> 
> As root, I type the command
> netconfig
> 
> It brings up a character screen from which I select DHCP.  Everything 
> goes smoothly.
> 
>> Now still as root type the command "service network restart". If you 
>> see a failed message while it's stopping the service don't worry. It's 
>> probably moaning because the service wasn't started in the first 
>> place. Notice that stop|start|restart goes after the service name. So 
>> service is the name of the command, next parameter is the service 
>> name, next parameter is start|stop|restart. After doing this you  
>> should be up and running. Let me know if you get anymore problems.
> 
> 
> When I issue the command:
> service network restart
> I get the following:
> 
> Shutting down loopback interface      [  OK  ]
> Setting network parameters            [  OK  ]
> Bringing up loopback interface        [  OK  ]
> Bringing up eth0:
> Determining IP information for eth0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
> Determining IP information for eth0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy
>                                       [FAILED]
> 
> There is quite a long pause (maybe 30 seconds) between the message 
> "Bringing up eth0:" and the rest of the message.  This is also the 
> message I get whenever I boot up.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> At 11:10 AM 10/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>> On networking:
>>>  type: /sbin/ifconfig -a. and find out if the netwrok card exist.
>>
>>
>> I typed this and I think it found my network card. The results are as 
>> follows:
>>
>> etho  Link ncap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:18:E3:F1:28
>>       BROADCAST MUULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>>       RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>>       TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>>       collisions:0 txqueuelev:1000
>>       RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>>       Vase Address: 0x880
>>
>> I typed this command but got the following response
>> start: unrecognized service
>>
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