Description of Problem: The hardware address of my ethernet card is wrongly detected by Linux. I expect this is a tulip bug. I can find the correct address from windows winipcfg. I can then force Linux to use this addres using ifconfig eth0 hw ether correct:hardware:address Then ifup works ok. But, on start-up, ifup fails. It complains that basename has too few arguments ,and that the file ifcfg-* is not found. I changed ifup to get around these (by putting some extra double-quotes in to fix the basename problem, and by forcing ifcfg-eth0 to fix the other one. Still, I haven't worked out how to get Linux to detect my correct hardware address, or how to override the problem on startup. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Sorry not to fill these bits in - my machine has become unstable and I can't open the ifup script. Please let me know if you need more info. How Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information: AMD K6 machine. Netgear FA310TX
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Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.