About insmod NIC modules?

I am using vmware to boot my linux system. I know we should add "alias
eth0 pcnet32" into the file "/etc/conf.modules". But if I want to
bring eth0 up manually? What should I do? I try "insmod -o eth1
pcnet32" . But ifconfig can't find the Ethernet interface.

hushui wrote:
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> I am using vmware to boot my linux system. I know we should add "alias
> eth0 pcnet32" into the file "/etc/conf.modules". But if I want to
> bring eth0 up manually? What should I do? I try "insmod -o eth1
> pcnet32" . But ifconfig can't find the Ethernet interface.

I'm not sure why you want to call the module "eth1". The interface will
still be eth0.

If you've just loaded the module and havn't started the interface then
plain "ifconfig" probably won't show it. Try "ifconfig -a".

You can use ifconfig to start the interface up, but most distros will
have scripts to make it easier (often there's one called "ifup").

Regards, Ian