[SGVLUG] switching eth0 driver

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On 5/29/07, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> To  minimize downtime of my homeserver (it's more than just a file
> server since it collects and publishes the weather data, runs a few
> media servers, etc) so I've been installing the latest Mandriva 2007.1
> (similar to RedHat) onto a spare drive using a spare machine.  Tried
> to swap the boot drive last night but having a problem trying to get
> the network card recognized.   Looks like the old install (Mandriva
> 2006) was installing the 8139too driver as eth0 but I guess I was
> using a different card on the spare machine.  I added the line "alias
> eth0 8139too' to /etc/modprobe.conf but I get an error saying device
> eth0 not found and it keeps installing an entry for eth1.  Where is it
> picking this up?  I've looked all over the place but can't find
> anything obvious.  I can't run X on it right now so I can't use the
> GUI tools but I do have a text console.  Any suggestions?
>
> claude

I have run it this with a card I had newer kernels have for some
reason dropped some pci ids from some of there drivers. I had the
problem with a old card when I upgraded the kernel linux would no
longer reconized the card.