Clone install headaches

[Paul DiRezze]

At 01:32 PM 10/03/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Please send the output of the following commands:
>
>cat /etc/modules.conf

alias eth0 sis9000
alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc 
-L >/dev/null/ 2>&1 || :
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null/ 
2>&1 || :
alias usb-controller usb-ohci
alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd


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

include /etc/modprobe.conf.dist
alias eth0 sis9000
alias eth1 tulip


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

DEVICE = eth0
ONBOOT = yes
BOOTPROTO = dhcp


>[]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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