eth0

recently lost power, gentoo server got downed.

now, when i try to fire up eth0, i get the following error:
/lib/rcscripts/net.modules.d/essidnet: line 18: installed: command not found. * essidnet: missing required function interface_variable

why the hell is it trying to load up a wireless module? its a mail server with one 10/100 ethernet port?

any ideas/suggestions?
thanks.

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