[ale] kernel upgrade

[Steven Rice]

Since you said your a newbie, I will ask newbie questions:

1) did you enable loop back in the kernel?
2) did you enable ethernet?
3) did you compile the ethernet mods?  Your nic uses the tulip driver (i
think)
4) are the mods loaded? (check with lsmod)
5) have you thought about using SuSE 6.3?  You can do a ftp install if
you have a fast connection and you don't need to lose you /home dir.


dean pinili wrote:
> 
> hello to all,
>      another newbie question folks. i'm running Red
> Hat 5.1 kernel 2.0.35, I decided to upgrade my kernel
> to version 2.2.12. the compile went well but when i
> start to configure the ethernet card this is what i
> get:
> 
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.21
> SIOCSIFADDR:Operation not suppported by device
> 
>      i get the same error message for the loopback
> device..
>      what did i miss?? does it have something to do
> with the compilation of the new kernel since its the
> only thing that i did..??? my ethernet card is a PCI
> Ethernet DEC 21041 Based Adapter and it works well
> with the previous kernel.
>      Please help me... i now end up booting with the
> older kernel
>                                    dean
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