check output of - lspci.....does your NIC figure there? if not...check if ur NIC's sitting properly on the PCI slot On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 07:39 +0000, Shivdas Patil wrote: > Hi, > I have Intel 915 Motherboard with onboard Network Card (Intel PRO > 10/100 VE Network Connection). > I installed Redhat 9 ( Kernel 2.4.20-8) successfully.. > Now when I say > #ifconfig eth0 up > I get an error unknown device: eth0.. > > How do I know what interface name is assigned ?? > & before that, how do I know whether the card is detected & configured > properly ??? > I checked for dmesg output , but did not see any "eth" related > entry... > Thanks in advance.. > Shiv > > > > > > > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/