Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo installation problems

[Marcus A Martin <shalidor@cfl.rr.com>]

>
>You can try issuing "ifconfig eth0 up" to make sure that the interface
>is up and then run "dhcpcd -d eth0".
I will test this when I get home.

>You may not be connecting b/c the card isn't correctly auto-negotiating
>with the switch/hub it's plugged into.  Maybe you DHCP server has
>tresholds or does expect a hostname or MAC address.  Maybe the network
>card is bad.  Try swapping it with one of the working ones.
This machine is currently dual boots windows/debian and is on the network. It can successfully connect to the network 
in either OS using the dhcp service. So I know that the problem is either software, or between the chair and the 
keyboard. I am currently attempting to determine if the I am the problem (i.e. dumb user skips step).

Let me state again all that I have done. Please let me know if I skipped a step.

1) Boot from build CD image (42MB size)

2) Login as root

3) modprobe tulip (activates network card)

4) dhcpcd -d eth0


Am I missing a step??

>: Is there a rc4 iso image that I can get at?  Maybe using a different
>: image will be of help?
>
>I don't think it'll help.  Right now we need to figure out what's hosing
>your network.

Okay. Thanks for the patient help by the way.

Marcus