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Re: Upgrading to RH4.1 woes...

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From: David Lerner
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:00
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.970306120944.127A-100000@wauug.erols.com>,
Joe Tseng <jtseng@wauug.erols.com> wrote:
> Yesterday I upgraded my RH4 system to RH41 and something went very wrong.
> Suddently I could not access the network.  I found out today that there
> was not even a /dev/eth0 listing.  I do have an old boot log saved in my
> mail folder and this is what I've got:
>
> eth0: DE434/5 at 0x6000 (PCI bus 0, device 11)
> hw address 00:00:c0:01:9f:0e,
> requires IRQ11 (provided by PCI BIOS)
> de4x5.c:v0.44
> eth0:media is TP
> IP addr is 0x100007f
>
> Right now the computer says it's suspending initialization of eth0.
>
> 1. How can I turn on eth0?

There never was a /dev/eth0. Look for ethernet  devices in
/proc/net/dev.

>
> 2. How can I assign my IP to that device?

Use the network control pannel that you get when you start xwindows from
a root login.
>
> 3. Where are the boot logs located? >

Look in /var/log/messages.

> Note this isan upgrade not a clean install; networking had worked
>flawlessly under 4.0.
>

> Thanx for any responses... >
>
> Joe Tseng >
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From: zetan@cpcug.org (David Lerner)
Subject: Re: Upgrading to RH4.1 woes...
Date: 1997/03/11
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