> # ifconfig eth0:0
> eth0:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 02:60:8C:7A:60:64
> unspec addr:[NONE SET] Bcast:[NONE SET] Mask:[NONE SET]
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 carrier:0 coll:0
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x280
>
> # ifconfig eth0:0 10.1.31.254 netmask 255.255.255.255 up
> SIOCSIFADDR: Operation not supported by device
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: Operation not supported by device
>
> Dec 21 23:25:48 bx1 modprobe: can't locate module eth0:0
> Dec 21 23:26:03 bx1 last message repeated 5 times
Configure aliasing as STATIC "y", not module.
Network device handling was (almost) completely rewritten by ANK and
merged in 2.1.7x, "<device>:<num>" aliasing remains as a "compatability"
feature, not moduleable at the present.
-- Juanjo http://juanjox.home.ml.org
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Nor you need to sell your brain to anyone.
Yo can feel it. It's Linux.