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Title: Setup Network device eth0 ... No such device

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Setup Network device eth0 ... No such device

Symptom:

While trying to setup your network (e.g. while booting) you get error messages as:

        Setup Network device eth0
        SIOCIFADDR: No such device
        SIOCIFBRDADDR: No such device
        SIOCIFMASK: No such device

Cause:

The networking module has not been loaded automatically. Possibly it has not been needed for the installation.

Solution:

If the kerneld should load the driver (the module) for your networking device it expects the settings to be in /etc/conf.modules (or /etc/modules.conf) For a NE2000 compatible card this might look like this (instead of ne there might be a off):

        alias eth0 ne
        # falls weitere Angaben benoetigt werden, bitte
        # das folgende Kommentarzeichen entfernen
        # options ne        io=0x300 irq=5

Here is the alias for an 3c905 adapter:

        alias eth0 3c59x

If the device needs special options make sure the corresponding options line is uncommented. (remove the "#" and add the appropriate values).

If this still fails to load you should integrate the driver into the kernel. If you use LILO for booting an append line in /etc/lilo.conf might be necessary:

        append="ether=5,0x300,eth0"

This enforces the kernel to use the interrupt 5 and the address 0x300. Of course you will have to adapt these values to your needs! After having changed /etc/lilo.conf you need to invoke /sbin/lilo!

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Keywords: ETH0, NETWORK DEVICE, SIOCIFADDR, SIOCIFBRDADDR, SIOCIFMASK, NETZWERK, MODULE, MODPROBE, KERNELD

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Categories: Booting , Network

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