it's happened when i install red hat linux 9,which i cann't figure out
 

when boot the os,it appears that "determining ip information for eth 0....failed;no link present .check cable [failed]",nevertherless i have
the ethernet card installed.
what can i do now?

checklist:
1. check that you have support for your eth card in your kernel / as a module and that the module gets loaded
2. reattach the cable, does that help? (just trying to fish out the obvious)
3. does the cable itself work? try another cable / test the cable on some other comp / with a cable tester
4. and lastly, if you try to make the connection _after_ boot, does it fail also? If it works then, it say its point 1. case 2..

thanks ,i have reslove the problem that i forgot configure
ip address and other preferences,it can work after done it.

but i got another problem which is i cann't access to my
usb storage under the platform of VMware Workstation.
i also cann't find the path of the storage.
how can i find the device's path and access to it.

do you have linux installed on vmware, or some other OS on a vmware that is installed on linux? Hmm.. thjats a tad confusing.. What I mean is, which chain describes better:
your hardware comp - linux - vmware - some other OS
or
your hardware comp - some other OS - vmware - linux
?

thanks in advance for your reply.
it's comp - winxp - vmware - linux

okies.. Heres a quick walkthtu on usb mass memory devices under linux, it should work the same way on vmware:
1. Plug the thing in
2. fire up a console (command line)
3. use to see what the kernel said when you attatched it, if all looks well, well, in any case realy, move on to the next pointer
4. try to mount the device. IF you dont have any other usb devices connected, the correct dev oughta be /dev/sda1 but it could be sda2 etc etc depending on your usb configuration, and how vmware implements it.
5. if the last command comes back with no errors, it worked and all is well.. (; So, just head on over to /mnt/usb/ and you should see the contents of the usb storage device..

This procedure works with most usb memory sticks, digital cameras, mp3 players and similar dvices.. Every one of em ive tried with infact..

i have done it following what you said,there is no error prompt but use which command that i can see the storage data
:)

Well, thats totally up to you.. What do you usually use to browse directories? Some favour Konqueror, some use Nautilus under gnome, I myself use Rox because its very lightweight..

Once the usb device is mounted, you can use the mountpoint like a normal directory... Same thing with anything you mount.

edit:
just wanted to remind you, that once your finished with the usb thingy, remember to umount it. So:
This will deattach it from the system, and in some cases the data changes are now written to the thingy.. So wait patiently untill the umount command has finished before taking the thing out.

Hello :)
I also have a problem mounting my usb flash on my Red Hat 9, it's running on my laptop (ASUS A4000D with AMD64) my kernel is 2.4.20-8(I think) and the flash drive is an A-Data/Myflash, 512MB.
After I plug it in and running dmesg I see

hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-6, assigned address 3
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-71)
hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-6, assigned address 4
usb.c: USB device not accepting new address=3 (error=-71)

I also have a USB to serial RS232 converter connected on /dev/ttyUSB0 that I use to interface with some circuits I have to use at the university and I need it connected.
Please help on understanding and correcting the error because I don't know what's the damn error-71.

Oh, one more thing, since I have a 64bit processor is there an upgrade or something better suited for my hardware?
Thanks in advance for any replies.