Tim Hicks wrote: > [ snip ] > > I have a Compaq Deskpro 2000 that I am trying to install RH7.2 onto. It has > no CD drive, so I am attempting to do a network (http) install from my winME > box running Apache (temporarily). I used the bootnet.img and I booted up > the Deskpro. Unfortunately, when I'm asked to select the driver for my nic, > no matter what I select, I get 'failed to insert 3c5x9 > module' (where 3c5x9 is the choice I made on the previous screen). The nic > actually is a 3com 3c509b combo ISA card and I know it works as I took it > straight out of a win98 box (working). I then disabled pnp and set irq=10 > io=0x300. The card passes all of its diagnostics. So what gives? Any > clues from the linux gurus out there? Do I need to make a driver disk? If > so, which driver to I need... the obvious one doesn't seem to work!
For one of my Dachstein boxes, I'm successfully using 3c509 cards and the 3c509.o driver. >From what I gather, the 3c59x drivers are PCI only -- which we're using successfully on all of our other Dachstein boxen using 3c905a|b|c NIC's. I hope that this helps . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
