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Rainer Desor wrote:
>
> I tried to implement network. I loaded 8390.o and ne.o 

Please tell us:
(1) exactly what command you used to load 8390.o
(2) was there any error message?
(3) exactly what command you used to load ne.o
(4) what message did you get?

> for my UM9008 based ethernet card. 

Is that an NE2000-compatible card?   ISA?

> But when I tried to start network with "ifconfig eth0 <ipaddress>" 
> I got "Illegal instruction". 

That probably means you have no eth0 (i.e. you did not 
correctly insmod the drivers for the network card) or 
there is a hardware problem with the card.

Cheers,
Steven