Debian and NICs

[Kevin Brown]

In Redhat, /etc/modules.conf holds the aliases for what driver to load for what
device.  On my DEC Alpha I have the following in /etc/modules.conf:

options tulip options=4
alias eth0 tulip
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc

The info held in /etc/sysconfig/network* is used to configure the device once
the OS knows what card it is.

> Redhat would have this info at...
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network (hostname, gateway device & gateway address)
> 
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (and eth1, etc... which would
>   store the device,ip address, subnet mask,broadcast address,
>   whether to load at boot time, and the specific IPX configuration info)
> 
> This may not be useful to Debian users.


> > It might be stored in /etc/conf.modules or /etc/modules.conf I believe.


> > > When installing Strom on a box here at work, the install prompts for the
> > > NICs in the box. If these are changed later there seems to be
> > error messages
> > > during boot up about the changed NICs. This leads me to think
> > that somewhere
> > > the NIC and related driver is stored. This should be something
> > I should be
> > > able to change myself if I change the NIC.
> > >
> > > Questions:
> > >
> > > If this is true, where is this information stored?
> > > And how do I change it?