[ale] RH 8.0 won't recognize my NIC

[Cameron Childress]

Relative Linux newbie here - so go easy on me...  I'm attempting to install
and configure RH 8.0 as a simple Firewall/NAT/DHCP for my DSL connection and
small home network.  The machine I have installed it on is an old Packard
Hell Pentium I, and everything seems to have gone fine with the
installation, except for one thing...  I can't for the life of me get it to
recognize the network card(s).  Right now I have taken out the second one
and am attempting to get it to recognize one card.

What I have done so far:

/etc/modules.conf has the line "alias eth0 natsemi" - which should be the
driver module for the card, a PCI Netgear FA311 10/100.

I've also run netconfig, and have configured the network settings.

I'm in the process of pouring over a couple of Linux books and have found a
few other interesting bits of possibly relevant information.  After running
"cat /proc/ioports" I found that the system had two entries for the network
card:

fc00-fcff : National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815 (MacPhyter) Ethernet
Controller
fc00-fcff : eth0

I also found that when I ran "less /proc/interrupts", I found entries for
the mouse, keyboard, etc - but it didn't have any IRQ entries for the NIC at
all.

The specific error I get when I restart is:

Bringing up interface eth0 : Failed to bring up eth0.
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Device or resource busy.

Anyone have an idea of what might be wrong, or what else I might
check/try/configure?

Thanks!

-Cameron

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Cameron Childress
Sumo Consulting Inc.
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