by After reading all the FAQ's that I could and all the linux dist. info
I could get my hands on, I'm at a loss for what to do now. Any help
with the followingis much appreciated - Did you know this was 'help
a newbie Linux Admin' week?-)
System: DECpc LPv 433dx (486 DX 33MHz box)
515MB IDE drive
Bus mouse
VGA/SVGA video
Ethernet: DEC DE205 thinwire.
OS: Linux v1.20 (or so it said when I ran setup)
Installed from a CD that came with the book, "Internet CD", by
Vivian Neou.
Packs: A,AP,N,D (Want to instal rest via network)
Okay, the problem is that I can't figure out how to add an ethernet device
(namely eth0) to the system. I've seen iflink and ifsetup, but they require
a file in /dev such as wd*, etc. There are no such files in my install'n.
I cd'd to /usr/src/linux and rebuilt the kernel including a 'make config' in
which I specified the DEPCA driver support. When that was done; however,
all I had was a kernel and a net.a in drivers/net.
How do I turn this net.a &/or kernel into a usable driver??
I appreciate any help that people can offer. Please CC: my email address
when posting any replies, thanks.
Merry Christmas,
Jason.
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