Gentoo on AlphaServer 1000A (4/266)

[AS100]

Hi all,

This is the first time I'm trying Gentoo/Alpha Linux on my AS 1000A (4/266) which I got recently, hence not really very familiar with Alpha as well.

The problem is network configuration during installation. I boot of LiveCD – that was fine but it cannot detects the ethernet card I'm using. It's a 3Com card and 3c90x driver/module should be used. I've a dhcp server running – it's perfectly well. Just before the login prompt (during installation) it's telling:

"dhcpd eth0” didn't complete successfully: and I need to configure it manually.

I added a this line “alias eth0 3c90x” in the /etc/modules.conf and then
“modprobe 3c90x” but the error returns:

Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r2/modules.dep
modprobe: Can't locate module 3c90x

If I use “modprobe 3c59x” it only returns:

Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r2/modules.dep

Any one out here got a similar kind of problem before or any one here to help?

Thanks in advance!!!!
SD

[monkey89]

You're supposed to use /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.X (replace X with version number) and add the module name in there, and then do modules-update, not manually edit modules.conf. Check the installation handbook for more details.

-Monkey

[jkt]

could you post exact type of the network card?

[AS100]

Hi,
It’s a bit strange but its fine now. Actually I needed to use 3c59x driver. After ‘modprobe 3c59x’, still it’s telling that

Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r2/modules.dep

but dhcp can configure the network afterwards with correct information.

Just another problem (I think) after that. When I issue

# cd /usr/portage
# scripts/bootstrap.sh

it says:

emerge: there are no masked or unmasked ebuilds to satisfy “>sys-apps/portage-2.0.36”.

what is this? Any idea??

[jkt]

a) you're using too old stage1 tarball -> upgrade it
b) your arch is not supported well