SUMMARY: Multiple network cards

From: David K. Magee <magee_at_fiona.umsmed.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 09:43:19 -0500 (CDT)

I'd like to thank the following for thier responses:

rwa_at_cs.athabascau.ca
aad_at_nwnet.net
ckrieger_at_latrade.com
rajeshkapoor_at_hotmail.com
dedera_at_valm.sk
serge.collin_at_electrabel.be


The question: I have an Alphaserver 1000/266 running 3.2d. It
currently has a DE-435 10Mb card, and I want to add a DE500 card.
After installing the card and booting, I did not see the card
on netstat -in

The soloution:

A new kernel needed to be built. The "quick" steps to this are:

1) Add the network interface to /usr/sys/conf/MACHINENAME, with
corresponding PCI slot information.

2) Boot with the generic kernel, genvmunix

3) Run a "doconfig -c MACHINENAME"

4) After the kernel is built, copy /sys/MACHINENAME/vmunix to /

5) Reboot, and the interface appears.

6) Configure the card

A word of caution, make sure to copy your old kernel and config file
before modifying anything , just in case you need to go back.


David

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David K. Magee                      My Cray is not faster than yours. 
magee_at_umsmed.edu                             #include<std.disclaimer> 
Received on Mon May 05 1997 - 17:12:58 NZST

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