What version of sys-fs/udev?
Do you have files in /etc/udev/rules.d/ starting with 70- or 80- related to networking?
What are they and what do they contain?
What is the output of `ls -l /sys/class/net*`?
What is the output of, for example, `udevadm test-builtin net_id /sys/class/net/eth0`?
Output of `ifconfig`? Output of dmesg after booting? Output of lsmod? How about used kernel config?

Those come into mind straight off. Most likely one of these outputs will hint to the correct direction.

What version of sys-fs/udev?
Do you have files in /etc/udev/rules.d/ starting with 70- or 80- related to networking?
What are they and what do they contain?
What is the output of `ls -l /sys/class/net*`?
What is the output of, for example, `udevadm test-builtin net_id /sys/class/net/eth0`?
Output of `ifconfig`? Output of dmesg after booting? Output of lsmod? How about used kernel config?

Those come into mind straight off. Most likely one of these outputs will hint to the correct direction.

NewBee12 wrote:

I installed stage3-amd64-20130130.tar.bz2 if that is what you are asking (sorry new)
only file in:
/etc/udev/rules is startiing with 80-net-name-slot.rules

# Udev 197 and above has implemented predictable network interface names
# for hardware network interfaces. This new scheme does not affect
# stacked network interfaces such as bonds, bridges or vlans.
#
# This file is here to prevent your interfaces from being renamed automatically,
# because the new names will be drastically different from the eth*, wlan*, etc
# names you are used to working with.
#
# To activate this function, move this file to a name that doesn't end in.rules,
# or remove it then reboot your system.
#
# If you want to deactivate this function, install a udev rules file as
# /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules then reboot your system.
#
# This functionality has not been tested with gentoo. In fact, we are aware that
# things will break if you activate it.
#
# If you are not comfortable testing this, leave this file as is. We will
# publish a news item when you can migrate.
#
# If you do want to activate and help us come up with a migration plan, feel
# free to do so and report bugs.
# Your bugs should block the following tracker:
# https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454224
#
# Before you activate this function, it is important that you fully understand
# the following documentation:
#
# http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames
#
# Also, be aware that you can get the attributes of your network interface that
# would be used to name the interface in the new scheme by doing the following
# with this version of udev running:
#
# udevadm test-builtin net_id /sys/class/net/ifname 2> /dev/null
#
# for example, on my system, I can find that eth0's new name would be enp1s5.
#
_____
/ # ls -l /sys/class/net*
ls: cannot access /sys/class/net*: No such file or directory
______
/ # ifconfig
[/list]Warning: cannot open /proc/net/dev (No such file or directory). Limited output.
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.50 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:21:9b:8c:bc:02 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
device interrupt 36 memory 0xd6000000-d6012800

That looks like as if /proc wasn't mounted at all. What about outputs of `cat /proc/mounts`, `mount |grep proc` and `mount |grep sysfs`? Are you working inside from a chroot? The Gentoo handbook has instructions on mounting /proc:

Forgive my ignorance but after i finished the original installation I had and issue with Error 15 after the reboot and i finally solved that, then i rebooted again and had and issue with all files in my install being Read-only logged in as root. That seems to be solved. I now just have this network issue:
per your questions posted when i rebooted into my system i checked nano -w /proc/mounts
this is /proc/mounts output

_____
mount |grep proc & mount |grep sysfs outputs no such file or directory
I was booted in Live CD and followed the handbook insructions for:
Mounting Necessary Filesystems &
Entering the new Enviroment

When Booted on live cd it would not:
#mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc ---gave me this error: mount point /mnt/gentoo/proc does not exist

Should i just start over? clean install
i did find my network driver bnx2.ko listed under /lib/modules/3.7.10-gentoo/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.ko_________________Newbee 12

Forgive my ignorance but after i finished the original installation I had and issue with Error 15 after the reboot and i finally solved that, then i rebooted again and had and issue with all files in my install being Read-only logged in as root. That seems to be solved. I now just have this network issue:
per your questions posted when i rebooted into my system i checked nano -w /proc/mounts
this is /proc/mounts output

_____
mount |grep proc & mount |grep sysfs outputs no such file or directory
I was booted in Live CD and followed the handbook insructions for:
Mounting Necessary Filesystems &
Entering the new Enviroment

When Booted on live cd it would not:
#mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc ---gave me this error: mount point /mnt/gentoo/proc does not exist

Should i just start over? clean install
i did find my network driver bnx2.ko listed under /lib/modules/3.7.10-gentoo/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.ko

I said don't copy and paste my example commands

Obviously "mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc" could be like "mount -t proc none /proc" depends on where you are, LiveCD or not, chroot or not, ...

Is modules support enabled in kernel since you don't have /proc/modules?

Forgive my ignorance but after i finished the original installation I had and issue with Error 15 after the reboot and i finally solved that, then i rebooted again and had and issue with all files in my install being Read-only logged in as root. That seems to be solved. I now just have this network issue:
per your questions posted when i rebooted into my system i checked nano -w /proc/mounts
this is /proc/mounts output

_____
mount |grep proc & mount |grep sysfs outputs no such file or directory
I was booted in Live CD and followed the handbook insructions for:
Mounting Necessary Filesystems &
Entering the new Enviroment

When Booted on live cd it would not:
#mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc ---gave me this error: mount point /mnt/gentoo/proc does not exist

Should i just start over? clean install
i did find my network driver bnx2.ko listed under /lib/modules/3.7.10-gentoo/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.ko

I said don't copy and paste my example commands ;-)

Obviously "mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc" could be like "mount -t proc none /proc" depends on where you are, LiveCD or not, chroot or not, ...

Is modules support enabled in kernel since you don't have /proc/modules?

Good luck. I don't really have more to add at this time. Let's see what others have to say...

NewBee 12 wrote:

I did not copy and paste I was following the instructions in the Gentoo install manual. For a new person the documention is very confusing & yes i would use something else but my boss wants a Gentoo server....

During the boot process i am getting several Error that i know are related to this issue.
Failed to set system clock (not a big deal)
/et/init.d/../config.d/modules: line24:modules_3_7_10-gentoo=bnx2 command not found
MODULES: Error loading /etc/ini.d/../conf.d/modules
ERROR: modules failed to start
Root filesystem could not be mounted read/write
/etc/mtab is not updateable._________________Newbee 12

post any errors that are reported here. if errors occur, repeat the checks.

NewBee 12 wrote:

no errors

mount the gentoo partitions, correct

Quote:

error: unrecognized mount option "noatime0" or missing value

by running

Code:

nano /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab

and editing each occurrence of "noatime0" to "noatime"

NewBee 12 wrote:

This is my fstab: no noatime0 in fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't
# needed); notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage
# efficiency). It's safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to
# switch between notail / tail freely.
#
# The root filesystem should have a pass number of either 0 or 1.
# All other filesystems should have a pass number of 0 or greater than 1.
#
# See the manpage fstab(5) for more information.
#