[plug] Installing new hardware the 'Debian' way.

[Graham, Alan A.]

Thanks guys.  Craig, this is the approach that I originally took.  It didn't
work.  I see the alias entries, but the interface won't come up until I
manually do a "modprobe...  etc".  I put it down to something I don't get
about modules and debian.  Again, the line "alias eth0 off" in the file is
something I don't understand at all.

I'll try it again this evening.  Thanks again

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Craig Ringer [SMTP:craig at postnewspapers.com.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, 26 November 2002 12:17
> To:	plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject:	Re: [plug] Installing new hardware the 'Debian' way.
> 
> > Add:
> > --
> > tulip
> > eepro100
> > --
> > to /etc/modules.
> > 
> > All modules listed in this file will be loaded automagically when the
> machine
> > comes up.  From there ifup eth1 ; ifupeth2 will work as expected
> assumeing the
> > appropriate entries in /etc/network/interfaces ?
> 
> Alternately, add a file in /etc/modutils called, say, 2myaliases, 
> containing:
> 
> alias eth1 tulip
> alias eth2 eepro100
> 
> then in /etc/network/interfaces create entries for them such as:
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
>          address 10.0.0.10
>          netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> auto eth2
> iface eth2 inet dhcp
> 
> and they'll be auto-configured at boot. You'll need to run 
> "update-modules" first though.
> 
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