Very Computer

I've been trying to set up an ethernet connection on my laptop with no
success, but I think I'm close.  I have a Zenith ZNote laptop with an
internal ethernet port.  I've been told that the ethernet port bears
some resemblance to a gerneric NE2000 (please correct me if I'm
wrong).  I've also looked at some assembly code for the DOS packet
driver (filename: znote.asm), and I see a reference to a 8390 chipset.
Don't let me fool you.  I have no idea what half this stuff means.

Anyway, I've recompiled the kernel in the usual way, and I set up my
rc.net file in the /etc directory.  When I run the /etc/rc.net script,
I get the following errors:

        SIOCSIFNETMASK: Invalid argument
        SIOSCIFADDR: Invalid argument
        SIOCGIFFLAGS: Invalid argument
        SIOSCIFFLAGS: Invalid argument
        SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
        SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
        SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable

What could be the source of my problem?  Here is basically what my
rc.net file contains:

        /usr/etc/ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.0 $HOSTNAME

I would give more, but I don't even get past this command before I get
my errors.  Could the problem be that Linux doesn't reconize my
ethernet port?  How could I determine this?  Any help at all is most
welcome.

thanks,

bill

There is a chance I'll get a Z-Note driver working in a few months, assuming I
can line up some Z-Note debugging time.

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