Singer XJ Wang writes:
> Dell Demsion, do they acutally use Standard 3COM nics or those 1" PCI
> pusdo things?
I did not look at the card. I presume it is a standard card.
-sen
>
> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, S. Newhouse wrote:
>
> > Thomas J. Hamman writes:
> > > On 21-Oct-99 S. Newhouse wrote:
> > > > 2. The installation did not recognize the 3COM905C ethernet card.
> > > > After rebooting, modprobe did find the driver, so it can be used, but,
> > > > again, this should not happen.
> > >
> > > Interesting, Mandrake 6.0's installation did not detect the same card in my
> > > girlfriend's Dimension either! Could you tell me how you got the card working
> > > (the modprobe command you used?) so I could help her with it? She's very
> > > anxious to escape Win98.
> > >
> > > -Tom
> > Basically,
> > 1. make sure the network is running.
> > 2. just load the 3c90x.o module with
> > modprobe 3c90x.o
> > 3. use ifconfig to set up the ethernet and you're off and running.
> > You can then get all of these things running in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> > so they work when you boot up.
> > If you need more info, send me private e-mail (to cut down on
> > bandwidth to the mailing list) and I'll try to give more specific
> > help.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > -sen
> >
> >
> > -Cheers,
> > -sen
> >
>
