Ok I took your advice and installed lilo, It's up and running fine.
Got on line
by doing this:
bash-3.1# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
bash-3.1# ifconfig eth1 up
bash-3.1# ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B0:46:63:E9
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fe46:63e9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:238 (238.0 b)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0x7000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
bash-3.1# dhcpcd eth1
bash-3.1# ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B0:46:63:E9
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fe46:63e9/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1329 (1.2 KiB) TX bytes:1118 (1.0 KiB)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0x7000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
However I have to do it every reboot, I tried netconfig and this diden't help.
Also the error i get when trying to set up NIC with K Menu > Control Center > Internet & Network > Network Settings is:
"Unsupported Platform" and I get a list of others to choose from so i pick slack 10 and i can see my nick is up (green check) but if i disable it I cannot re-enable it with this interface.
I am using Slackware 12..
Thank You all for the help thus far.
John
PS: I don't understand why I can run a live cd (backtrack or ubuntu) and everything works right off the bat..