Michael Glaser wrote:
> I have a Dell OptiPlex GX200 with an integrated 3Com 3C920 NIC. I just 
> added an Intel PRO/1000 card but I cannot get it to work upon boot 
> because the kernel module will not load. After the system boots, I can 
> manually load the module with insmod and then run the network startup 
> scripts. Everything is fine then. How can I configure the system to load 
> the module by itself?
> 
> Here is what I have done so far...
> 
> I am running Debian Sarge with the latest 2.6 kernel (2.6.8-1-686). I 
> don't need to have the 3Com NIC running at all, so I went into 
> /etc/modutils/aliases and replaced "alias eth0 3c59x" with "alias eth0 
> e1000". Next I ran "update-modutils" and verified that it correctly 
> modified the /etc/modules.conf file. What else do I need to do to get 
> this to work?
> 
> I don't know if this matters or not, but the module for the 3Com and 
> Intel NICs are in different locations (by default). Should this be 
> handled automatically, or is there something else I need to do?
> 
>   /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.ko
>   /lib/modules/2.6.8-1-686/kernel/drivers/net/e1000/e1000.ko
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael Glaser
> 
Wouldn't the Intel NIC still be eth1 even if you're not bringing up the 
3COM NIC?

Josh

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