Hello,

I have been successful in installing Knoppix to my HD (making it Debian really), but have been having a problem with my network card. Here is the deal:

I can run these commands and the card works great - I have perfect connectivity...
modprobe 3c509
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255
route add default gw 192.168.0.1 metric 1

However, when I try to make these settings permanent (using the following method)...
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1) insmod 3c509
-this found the card on the right addresses, and appeared to load the module without problem.

2) added this line to etc/modutils/aliases:
alias eth0 3c509

3) added these lines to /etc/network/interfaces:
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.13
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
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The card driver doesn't load at boot time. I tried reading the howto's for ethernet and networking to make sure that I did everything correctly, but am still lost. Anybody think they know what I am doing wrong?

Thanks,
Dan