Re: [gentoo-user] Install CD sees 2 ethernet ports

[Daniel da Veiga]

On 7/25/06, louis brazeau <lbrazeau@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 7/25/06, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
> >   For some reason, the X86 minimal install CD sees ethernet ports
> > according to the startup message.  When I ifconfig after booting the
> > install CD, it shows only eth1.  I entered values into both eth0 and
> > eth1 via net-setup.  It looks like eth1 is for real (and it works),
> > while eth0 is unreal, and unworking.  I end up taking down eth0
> > "ifconfig eth0 down" and running eth1 only.  However, when it boots up
> > manually modify my network settings... PITA. The machine is an AMD
> > Athlon64 with an ASUS A8N-VM/CSM Ge6150+MP430 motherboard.  Here's what
> > I see when I try to setup and run both eth0 and eth1...
> >
>
> snip
>
> >
> >   Any ideas about what's going on?
> >
> > --
> > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1
> > My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca
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> >
> >
>
> I think eth0 is your FireWire port (IEEE 1394).
>
> You did the right thing already (taking eth0 down). Now you can
> install Gentoo and unless you configure support for Ethernet over
> FireWire (or something similar) in your kernel you shouldn't have any
> problem.
>
> That was my experience anyway (with a different Asus board, but the
> same behavior).
>

Louis is right, you can also disable this behavior by adding
"nofirewire" at the bootloader line that calls the kernel.

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