Weird Linux + @home problem, please help

[sludge]

Ok heres the deal, i am running Linux Mandrake 7.2 on its own partition. I have been trying forever to get my NIC card setup and @home working but i can not seem to do it. When i bootup, i am told that initialization of the card is being delayed. It was not doing that earlier today and i do not know what is causing it. That is not my only problem though. When it was working, @home was not. I have tried using dhcp to get online and now i am trying to do it with a static ip. I have created some screen shots to give you guys some info. Here they are:
Http://www.x-designs.org/~sludge/S1.JPG Http://www.x-designs.org/~sludge/S2.JPG Http://www.x-designs.org/~sludge/S3.JPG Http://www.x-designs.org/~sludge/S4.JPG Http://www.x-designs.org/~sludge/S5.JPG Http://www.x-designs.org/~sludge/S6.jpg

Also, here is some more info when i am in the console:
[root@c303918-a /root]# ifconfig eth0 24.182.21.197
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
[root@c303918-a /root]# ifconfig eth0 24.182.21.197 netmask 255.255.255.0
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: unknown interface: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
[root@c303918-a /root]#
Please guys i can not figure out what to do here. Please help me :(

[sludge]

Whoops i guess this should have gone in Technical support. *Smacks Head* Feel free to move it moderators.

[winnotgoneyet]

Under adapter1, config mode set this to DHCP

Not sure but you might have more problems than that but give it a try
Good luck

[moja visost]

don't put i/o and irq opotions

[bdg1983]

I know what the problem is, but since the last few times I posted the answer and had been a little upset that a search was not tried first, I promised I would never do that again.

hint hint :(

[Lorithar]

*wonders where his email virus got to*


Take error message.
Search the Forums.
*sighs, drapes arm over Mdwatts shoulder and heads out for a beer*

[DMR]

Alright, so I'm feeling like being nice today:

Canned Answer #1:
Turn off Plug-N-Play support in your BIOS.

[bdg1983]

Beer sounds good. Canada? Anywhere close to Toronto?