Help please - how do I install a ethernet card driver???

[cindy]

Skip the my other big post as it is related to Knoppix 3.9. I did a HD install of Knoppix 3.7.

This step is in substition of the modprobe step. If you complete this one then there is no need to do any modprobe.
As root user, edit the /etc/modules-2.4.27 file
Add '8139too' anywhere in that file. Then save it & exit it.

Top of /etc/modules-2.4.27:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
ehci_hcd
uhci_hcd
ohci_hcd
usb_storage
ieee1394
ohci1394
sbp2 serialize_io=1

Modified /etc/modules-2.4.27:

# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
ehci_hcd
uhci_hcd
ohci_hcd
8139too
usb_storage
ieee1394
ohci1394
sbp2 serialize_io=1

Then reboot. The system should pickup the eth0 device & DHCP should automaticaly assign it an address. Do a ifconfig -a to make sure the eth0 device is present & it now has an address

James - it worked!

Thank you sooo much!