Activating built-in Ethernet on my Blue & White running YDL 4.0.1 (Answer found)

[icl051]

My apologies, I should have looked a bit harder.

The solution was found on this site

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/installation/

Please ignore my previous mail.

Sean.

On 6 Aug 2005, at 14:51, icl051 wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've seen this discussed in the list archives but didn't really  
> find a solution to the issue.
>
> I've installed YDL 4.0.1 on a Blue & White 350MHz and am using the  
> built-in Ethernet. Ethernet works fine when booted in to OS 9 or OS  
> X but not in Linux.
>
> ifup eth0 says that the device does not seem to be present.
>
> Network Configuration gives conflicting information. I the hardware  
> tab, it says that eth0 is ok and is described as GMAC (Sun GEM). If  
> I go to the Devices tab though and try to activate the static IP  
> configuration I've created, it says that eth0 does not seem to be  
> present (just like ifup reports).
>
> I'm experience with OS X but very new to Linux. Could anyone  
> suggest an idiot's way to get ethernet working on my machine please?
>
>
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