Re: [Hampshire] Configuring a netcard in Etch after install

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Author: Tony Whitmore
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Configuring a netcard in Etch after install

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x56b9a100.hantslug.org.uk.16611': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Wed May 2 17:41:23 2007 BST
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On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 03:41:25PM +0100, Brian Chivers wrote:
> I've just installed Debian Etch on a Dell PowerEdge 1800 with dual
> netcards. During the install I only configured one of the cards eth0 but
> now I've realised I need both cards.
>
> I've done a cat /var/log/dmesg eth1 and it reports back
>
> e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
>
> So I know that it's found it OK at boot so is it a simple matter of
> editting /etc/network/interfaces with the relevent info and then doing
>
> /etc/init.d/network restart
>
> To bring the card up or is there a better / proper way to do this ??


That is the proper way to do it on Debian. Just copy the stanza relating to
eth0 and amend to suit your settings for eth1.

Tony