Re: [cobalt-users] Kernel Update 1.0.1 leaves eth0 unusable (Help!)

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Starting local eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found


Cobalt Linux release 6.0 (Shinkansen)
Kernel 2.2.16C24_III on an i586

Thats what I get after I did the kernel upgrade.
what options do I have here? 

Thanks,

Cobalt man



On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 10:58:10AM -0500, cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello All,
> I have a cobalt raq4 (actually a fleet of them)
> but I was working with the patches on a spare raq
> and I was trying to get up to the OS Upgrade 2.0.
> When I installed the kernel patch mentioned in the
> subject, I rebooted and it did not come back up
> on the network. I had to go to our data center
> and serial console in. When I got in, I notice no
> eth0 up or no mention of eth0 in dmesg.
> 
> When I try to bring it up manually, I see:
> 
> root@web-raq-spare4:/etc/rc.d/init.d# ./network start
> Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding.
> ifconfig  lo  127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 broadcast 127.255.255.255
> ifconfig  eth0  216.12.0.65 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 216.12.0.255
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> 
> Any help, advice is much appriciated! Did anyone else have this problem?
> Do I need to do a sysreset or is there a simpler fix to this?
> 
> Thanks so much,
> 
> Ashby
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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