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From: Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Install problems
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On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 04:17:32PM -0400, Wesley Moxam - CSCI/P2000 wrote:

> The problem is that emerge at first seemed to hang, then I got the
> message: eth0: Too much work (or something to that effect). After a

This sounds like a kernel error, which means that the kernel NIC driver is
having problems.  Post what specific kind of NIC you have, and maybe someone
can help.  Maybe the epic100 module in 2.4.4-ac9 is broken or needs a patch
for your particular NIC.

> Could anyone give me a clue to what I'm doing wrong? To my knowledge I
> have followed the exact installation instructions, and there shouldn't be
> any problems with my hardware setup since it works fine with Slackware and
> kernel 2.4.2. The ethernet card uses the epic100 module. 

Best Regards,

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