I have had numerous issues with the 8139too and Linux machines. I know others have them working just fine, but then are a constant headache for me. So I switched to INTEL or 3COM nic cards and don't have any issues there. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "regis" <crescen7@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: Re: 8139too.o: init module: No such device > Thanks for the response Raymond, > > I considered that, but the network card works fine when I boot the machine to > Windows. > > That leads me to another thought. The last time in Windows I did an > "upgrade" of the > Yahoo Messenger. Is it possible that the "upgrade" hosed the network card so > that it > causes the error I'm getting? > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > Regis > > > Raymond Fung wrote: > > > Regis, > > > > Looks like your network card was dead. Try swapping in a spare and you > > can tell. > > > > Regards, > > Raymond Fung. > > > > On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 04:32, regis wrote: > > > I've had a working desktop installation of Redhat 7.1 for about 2 > > > years. No big problems. Yesterday it failed to boot giving the > > > following message: > > > > > > /lib/8139too.o: init_module: No such device > > > Hint: insomd errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > > > including > > > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > > > Error: /bin/insmod exited abnormally > > > Mounting /proc filesystem > > > Creating root device > > > mount error 19 mounting ext2 > > > pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot, /sysroot/initrd) failed:2 > > > Freeing unused kernel memory: 252k freed > > > Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel > > > > > > I can boot to "linux rescue" using the CD. I can mount the root > > > filesystem. I've checked to make sure I have an initrd sub-directory > > > with correct permissions. I've run fsck and the filesystem is fine. > > > So I'm guessing it's a problem somewhere in the 8139too module. I tried > > > to install it manually using insmod, but it failed. I tried recompiling > > > the module from the source, but I'm not to well versed in compiling from > > > source, so after not finding anything more specific in the archives or > > > google, I thought I'd try the list. > > > > > > Any ideas on how to trace down this problem? > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > regis > > -- > > Raymond Fung <raymondf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
