[BlueOnyx:15045] Re: Intel Pro/1000 pci network cards

[Tom]

> > the SL bootup reports the following.
> > Bringing up interface Eth0 - Device does not seem to be present.
> > Bringing up interface Eth1 - Device does not seem to be present
> 
> Right.  Did you rm -rf /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
> 
> > I'm guessing no drivers available for these under Linux? I downloaded 
the
> > latest drivers for Linux 2.6 from Intel. I just don't know how to get 
them
> > installed.
> 
> I highly doubt it's an issue of driver. You should be able to toss 
> pretty much any NIC in a box and it will be recognized.  My guess is 
> that you did not remove the OLD nic's from udev, so the new ones are 
> getting configured as eth2 & eth3.   That's most likely.
> 
> Just do as Michael suggested and reboot.  Then you'll be good to go.  If 
> not, then it's a NIC problem.
> 
> Oh, and when you reboot, get into the bios of those NICs and turn off 
> their firmware.  My guess is you don't want to boot your box from the 
> NIC (ie: pixie boot) so that stuff is just taking time on your boot 
> sequence.   I make a habit of disabling that whenever possible.
> 
Chris,
Thanks for the response. Turning off the NIC's firmware fixed the problem. 
Rebooted the box and everything came up fine. Both GB NICs are now working.
I knew the cards were good and I always use Intel Pro/1000 for their 
reliability and easy configure. They usually work the first time on 
everything.
Thanks again.