[Peeweelinux] Network Problems

[Stefan Willmert]

Most likely, your system is not loading the driver module for your network
card. PWL will not do this automatically as a normal linux system will. To
test, just execute the command
	insmod <yournicmodule>

then do an
	lsmod

to see if your module is loaded correctly. If that works, add the "insmod
<yournicmodule>" command to the rc.modules file in the /etc directory of
your PWL build and it should load when your system boots.

good luck

-stefan

-----Original Message-----
From: peeweelinux-admin@adis.on.ca
[mailto:peeweelinux-admin@adis.on.ca]On Behalf Of John Maddox
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:52 AM
To: 'peeweelinux@adis.on.ca'
Subject: [Peeweelinux] Network Problems


I am having problems being able to ping my machine.
I have read and re-read some of the previous archives and I still can't get
my
network card seen on my PeeWee build.

I am using a m-sys DOC 2000 with the MTD kernel support.  I have made
my build image and have put my custom files and apps onto the build.
I am also using kernel 2.4.18.  The system boots fine into my DOC and the
file system looks fine and my app works except the networking part does not.
I have put my own custom ifcfg-eth0 file into the /etc/config location and
when
the system boots and I go look at the file it has the correct information in
it, but
I cannot ping the system from another computer.

Just to let you know I can see the system if I boot from the HD into my
installed
Linux Red Hat 7.3 version with the same ifcfg-eth0 and hosts files I am
trying to use
with PeeWee.  I can ping the system fine when I am booted into this system.

One things that I have done to try to get this to work:
Rebuilt the kernel so that my NIC is embedded into the kernel and not a
module,  but after
building and placing my bzImage under /boot is there anything else to do.
Shouldn't the system
find the ethernet card and use the config files and initialize my card??

Or what about insmod or modules???

I would appreciate any HELP!!!

John Maddox
Programmer Analyst II

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