Redhat 8.0 install doesn't recognize NIC

[ijzfzzy]

I just installed Redhat 8.0 on an HP Pavillion 5XX machine.
During boot, the initializaton of eth0 fails.
The card has been working fine in the machine since new 1 1/2 years ago.
Being totally unfamiliar with Linux, where do I start the troubleshooting ?
TIA.

[bosox79]

Originally posted by ijzfzzy
I just installed Redhat 8.0 on an HP Pavillion 5XX machine.
During boot, the initializaton of eth0 fails.
The card has been working fine in the machine since new 1 1/2 years ago.
Being totally unfamiliar with Linux, where do I start the troubleshooting ?
TIA.

The eaisest thing for you to do at this point in time would be to check out the hardware compatiblity lits HCL'S of distro's you want t try out & find one that supports your NIC. It sounds like the default RH kernel does'nt support your NIC. Have you ran though the up2date process with RH 8.0. if not you may want to try this also it may provide you with an updated kernel that supports your nic, but this is a longshot

or if you feel like doing some work. you could try compiling a new kernel with suppport for your NIC:D

This can be a little work but if you follow the NHF's on this site you should be able to get a new kernel compiled

IMHO the first option I gave you is the eaisest of the two. Again look for a distro that supports your nic out of the box

post back if you need further help :cool:

[rioguia]

1. bosox79 may be right but it will be hard to perform an up2date without a network connection. to see if your card is recognized by linux, open a terminal as root and type:
dmesg | grep eth0

and post the results back here

2. if you are feeling adventurous and want to see if linux recognized your card, type
lspci | grep Ethernet

3. to see if linux loaded a module that matches the card listed in lspci, type:
lsmod

4. if you don't see a module in lsmod for the card named by lspci (or aren't sure of the module name), go to
http://www.scyld.com/network/index.html#pci
and try to find the correct module; you probably don't need to download it because the linux kernel drivers are pretty comprehensive. once you know the name of the module you need to load, type
modprobe your.module.name.here.o

if you don't get an error message, the module probably loaded. try configuring it using
netconfig

if things don't go your way, post the results back here.

[bosox79]

Originally posted by rioguia
1. bosox79 may be right but it will be hard to perform an up2date without a network connection. to see if your card is recognized by linux, open a terminal as root and type:
dmesg | grep eth0

and post the results back here

2. if you are feeling adventurous and want to see if linux recognized your card, type
lspci | grep Ethernet

3. to see if linux loaded a module that matches the card listed in lspci, type:
lsmod

4. if you don't see a module in lsmod for the card named by lspci (or aren't sure of the module name), go to
http://www.scyld.com/network/index.html#pci
and try to find the correct module; you probably don't need to download it because the linux kernel drivers are pretty comprehensive. once you know the name of the module you need to load, type
modprobe your.module.name.here.o

if you don't get an error message, the module probably loaded. try configuring it using
netconfig

if things don't go your way, post the results back here. bosox79 may be right but it will be hard to perform an up2date without a network connection.

Your right rioguia, my bad ;) I must have been really tired when I posted that

[rioguia]

i never make mitsakes.

[ijzfzzy]

More info now available ........

I got brave last night, opened the box, and pulled out the network card. It happens to be a 'Netgear FA210TX Rev D-2'. Windoze recognizes it as an 'LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter'.
I checked the list of drivers in Redhat and guess what, Netgear ain't one of em. Soooooo...... I'll trek on over to Scyld.com and see what I can dig up there.

Stay tuned for further updates.

[rioguia]

be brave. checking the box is the best approach. however, i'd bet a lot of money that you've got at fa 310. there is no 210 listed at netgear and even GOOGLE came up with zero hits on the 210. if that's the case check with scyld but i think you do something like, type:
modprobe tulip (if you don't get any errors, it worked)
then:
netconfig (configure your nic and you're done).

[ijzfzzy]

Yep, It is an FA310, I fat fingered number when I keyed it earlier.

[rioguia]

if you get your module loaded, and netconfig works for you, test your connection with
mii-tool
if you get an ok at the end of the message, you should be good to go.