Network troubles when installing gentoo. Please Help

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knyazz · Post by **knyazz** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:17 pm

Hello.
I'm installing gentoo on Acer as3810tg notebook with Atheros ar8131 ethernet controller.
I downloaded install-amd64-minimal-20090903.iso.
After booting i got this prompt

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livecd#

Ifconfig:
lo
That's all.
I do:

modprobe atl1e

But ifconfig eth0:

error fetching interface information: Device not found

Please, help.

jongeek · Post by **jongeek** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:21 pm

Try downloading the System Rescue CD and installing gentoo from that. It provides a more full featured environment, and better device auto detection and configuration. The system rescue CD is based on gentoo.

DONAHUE · Post by **DONAHUE** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 1:58 pm

Try

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modprobe atl1e

modprobe may not be needed with the sysresccd.
Then with either of the aforementioned cd's you will want to run

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net-setup eth0

at the prompt.
You need to look at the gentoo handbook for the architecture you are installing on and follow it closely. This is a manual install in a command line interface.
With sysresccd you can go further and run startx to get a GUI. In the GUI you can have a browser window with the handbook in it and a terminal window open side by side and use copy and paste vice typing.