[techtalk] newbie trying to set up ethernet connection

[Julia Coolman]

Kind folks:

I installed limuxppc 2000 on my 333 mhz imac from the downloadable CD
image a few weeks ago and have been unable to get my ethernet (yay dorm)
connection up. most of the documentation for redhat (close to linuxppc)
i've found says nicely how to set up ppp, but not ethernet...

so after running netcfg and setting eth0 to active at startup and pluggin
in DNS and subnet mask and router numbers from MacOS i look in
boot.log and see
network: bringing up interface lo succeded
ifup: determining IP information for eth0
network: bringing up interface eth0 failed

and in messages
ifup: ./ifup:  /sbin/pump: command not found

and in dmesg
eth0: BMAC at 00:50:e4:96:e2:04

and i am SO lost and feel like SUCH a clueless newbie and have NO idea
where to go from here. indeed, there is no such directory as /sbin/pump,
but what is it needed for, and how can i remedy not having it?

thank you all

Julia Coolman

jcoolman at gladstone.uoregon.edu