Re: [vox-tech] Adding linux computer to network

[Chuck Polisher <cpoliMAPSsh@ns.net>]

> Lee Dutter wrote:
> 
> Please forgive me for my ignorance, I am just getting started using linux and it is 
>all
> very foreign to me. I installed Red Hat 6.1 on my "spare" computer. All went very 
>well I
> thought except that when I rebooted it came to a line that read Bringing up interface
> eth0" and just hung there. After I removed my nic (a linksys PCI II) it booted up 
>fine.

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Check to see if an interrupt was assigned to the nic.

Some motherboards share an interrupt between two slots,
in which case moving the nic to another slot -- with its 
own interrupt -- will make for an easier install.

FWIW, here's Redhat's list of common gotcha's for 6.1:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1.html