Changing a Network Interface on Solaris 8

Question

This is the joke:
1- Solaris 8 was first installed with a NIC not recognized by Solaris (in-board)
2- A compatible PCI Card has been installed (3Com 3C905B-TX).
3- Old Card has been desactived in the BIOS. No IRQ conflict.
4- At reboot, the Configuration Assistant recognizes the device...
5- At boot, the system does not manage to configure the interface.
The reason comes from that the interface is not recognized by
ifconfig (does not appear in result of "ifconfig -a").
The message "BAd File Number" is obtained with "ipconfig elxl0 plumb".
Questions: - Why?
- Is there a solution? (apart to reinstall the system...)
Hints:
- the interface should be named "elxl0"
(because it is the name of the 3Com interface on other Solaris PC's).
Is it right ????
- the driver name elxl does not appear in the PCI devices of "prtconf -D"
- but the file /kernel/drv/elxl exists !
Waiting for enlighting, thanks very much!!!!

Answer 1

Try to change the network binding on the server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732472(WS.10).aspx
Try to delete the hidden network adapters as well. 
Open Device Manager, from the File menu, expand the View and select the Show Hidden Devices option. This will enable and show any old un-used devices in the window
http://www.gfi.com/blog/how-to-remove-hidden-network-adapters-from-virtual-machines/
Thanks,
MAS
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