Hi all,
I just upgraded from RH Linux 9 to FC2. Everything was fine during installation and I rebooted. I configured the nic to use DHCP just as it did with RH Linux 9. Now, when it tries to bring up interface eth0, it stops. It waits for 1 minute and 22 secs. (I timed it) and then prints an error message and [FAILED] and moves on quickly. I tried to find the message in a /var/log file but couldn't find it in any of the boot.log or the messages log files. Any help on where I can get the error message? And possible on the fix?

Another Q, something that I assume to be a kernel mod, floppy.ko, is loaded, at least tried to be loaded, during startup. My laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, so naturally it fails. How can I stop the attempt for it to be loaded at startup?

Thanx

Did you try to configure the device using redhat-config-network?

Also, maybe you could help others help you by posting some info on your NIC.

Its timing out waiting for a responce from your DHCP server, thats the reason for the delay. What are you using as a DHCP server? (System, Router)

Maybe you got a conflict between kudzu and your 3com network card (is it your card?). There is a bug about this (i don't remember what number). Temporary work around is shutdown your kudzu service (off when booting).

Thanx for replies, guys. But I figured it out. eth0 was mistakenly configured as my wireless device. and my house isn't wireless capable. I just configured eth1 as the ethernet card and disabled eth0 at boot. So all is good.