Re: I need some help...
Vesselin Mladenov (root@netbg.com)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 09:11:40 +0300 (EEST)
> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 17:33:03 -0600
> From: jratkins@raptor.lethbridgec.ab.ca
> To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: I need some help...
>
> Hi All, I'm trying to get a little linux box up on the network at my
> college however when I try and get it to setup the network card it
> comes back with an error...
> When I boot I give lilo the ether command in this syntax
>
> linux ether=10,0x300,eth0
> Its on IRQ 10, I/O 300h. Is this right?
> I then try ifconfig when I get into Linux and it tells me...
In general you append an interface in lilo.conf only if you have more that
two.
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.17.35 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>
> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
> SIOCSNETMASK: Operation not supported by device
Download newer version of kernel (http://www.kernel.org) and compile the
kernel with apropriate network support.
Good luck.
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