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Sheldon Isaac wrote:
>
> Here's testit, which I did chmod +x  to before executing it.
> 
> -------------
> #!/bin/sh
> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/bin/busybox
> insmod slhc
> insmod ppp

Why are those in testit?

> #------ ETHERNET  (using Belkin card)
> insmod rtl8139
> ##  if DHCP server is on network
> # dhcp                       
> ##  if no DHCP server is on network
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 up  

up is not needed (it is the default)

> ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up  

Normally you should ifconfig lo (localhost) before eth0.

> It works, but there are error? messages at the bottom of 
> the result, which I can't recall:

If we are to make any sense of this, we need to see the
exact messages.

>  "SNMLBNISS  resource busy", or some such

"resource busy" could be caused by doing insmod on a module
that is already installed (like slhc or ppp).  To eliminate 
this, run lsmod first to check what is already installed.

Cheers,
Steven