god i dont even know how to format the question. I have installed debian on my laptop and it took foever. Somewhere in there it asked me to choose a network card driver and i guess i screwed it up. Now if i type ifconfig eth0 does not show up. So then i type "cat /etc/network/interfaces" and "auto eth0" does not show up. Finally I type "modprobe rtl8139" and it tells me device or resource busy.

The driver i need is rtl8139. Can you tell me how i know if it is missing and if so what i need to do to put it where it goes?

Here is the tutorial i am following http://www.aboutdebian.com/install.htm

Here is the info on my laptop http://www.well.com/~ralf/linux_on_s...io_grt170.html

Ok i found out how to add the rtl8139 module but when perform the process i get the message

/lib/modules/2.2.20/net/rtl8139.o: init_module: Device or resources busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.20/net/rtl8139.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.20/net/rtl8139.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.20/net/rtl8139.o: insmod rtl8139 failed

Installation failed

Someone told me that the network card is either bad or not being recognized. I have no problem getting online with windows so i know that card is not bad.