Re: [LUNI] What's the real deal with network cards

From: Tom Yarrish (tom@yarrish.com)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 10:04:18 CST

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    Did we determine what type of network card it is?

    Tom

    On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Markemmanuel wrote:

    > The card isn't being recognized at boot time. I just talked to my bro on
    > instant messenger and he told me he reinstalled Windows on a partition and
    > the card is working fine. He's brand spanking new at this and my computer
    > has always found both my ethernet cards at bootup. I wish I could find the
    > answer at the Linux Documentation Project :-/.
    >
    > Quoted from the Book of Michael Knoop Ch 6:7-13 on 3/1/01 1:07 PM:
    >
    > > Oops, my bad. You don't need root access to see /var/log/dmesg.
    > >
    > > If the NIC is being recognized by the OS during boot, then there will be an
    > > entry in the file dmesg starting with "eth0:" that should give you some
    > > useful information. On debian it is found in /var/log/. If you have
    > > booted the system recently, you can just run the command "dmesg | less" and
    > > you should see it towards the end. Of course, if the card is not being
    > > recognized at boot time, then there won't be any entry at all for that
    > > "eth" number.
    >
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