Re: [gentoo-user] create network by hand with devices are not present

[Mick]

On Friday 24 Feb 2017 12:04:52 Harry Putnam wrote:
> Setup: VBox vm running gentoo(amd64) guest on a win-10 (64bit) host
>  Hardware: HP xw8600 - 2x Xeon  CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz - 32 GB ram
>
> Having a problem getting a network up... I know the rudimentaries of
> ifconfig and route enough to use them to create one.
>
> However the error I get with trying that seems to preclude that
> method.
>
> SIOCSIFADDR no such device
> enp0s3 error while getting interface flags: no such device
>
> Does it mean the tools for creating such a device are absent or what?
>
> I've hit this before a good while ago and don't remember any more how
> to get around it.
>
> The link in /etc/init.d/ like: `ln -sf net.lo net.enp0s3' is present

Is the necessary module loaded?

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Regards,
Mick