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On Sun, 23 May 1999, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> Hiy'all,
>
> Well, I'm about ready to go. Still haven't had time to get mail working or
> even work on it, so why do I need yet another project, right? Well, I have
> one anyway. I'm getting cable modem access, so I went out and got a
> networking kit (so I can put two computers on the connection). The
> particular kit I got includes two D-Link 528 NIC's (that's what Win95 says
> they are, anyway) and a 5-port hub. I actually have everything installed
> under Win95, and it all works. No cable yet, that happens Friday.
>
> So here's the *real* question. I got these cards because I remember
> thinking that yes, they're supported by Linux. I appear to be correct, as
> the installation disk has a "Linux" directory. The instructions seem to be
> a little, well, dated, since they refer to kernel 1.2.13. Should I then,
> with my 2.0.35 (or if I upgrade to Slackware 4.0 with the 2.2.X kernel, or
> RH6 or SUSE6, with similar 2.2 kernel) install what's on the installation
> disk, or does anyone know if these drivers were included on these newer
> distributions and I can install directly from that?
>
They probably work with a standard driver in later kernels. Try building a
kernel with lots of network drivers and seen if it finds the card.
Frank
> Thanks.
>
> Oh, and one more, while I'm here....anyone know of a command-line (non-X)
> RealAudio player?
>
> Buddy
>
