I don't have my test host running tonight, so this is from memory ... I
can't check it for awhile.
The 3C589 card uses a NIC module that is not part of the standard kernel
tree (I think 3c589.o). The Ethernet HowTo (find it at www.linux.org) has a
link to get it somewhere, probably at Don Becker's sire. You need to add it
yourself to a RH distribution.
tomsrtbt, however, does include the needed module ... but does not autoprobe
for it. Probably "insmod 3c589.o" will work ... if you try it, please let us
know if it works or not.
You are going to find most Red Hat install choices tight in 500 megs. They
will fit, but they won't leave you much space for your own work.
Unfortunately, 500 megs is in the "small" niche these days ... I don't know
of any full-size distributions that really accommodate drives under a gig
well. Your best bets are probably Debian or Slackware, though.
Sorry, but I have no suggestion for a vi reference.
At 09:19 PM 2/9/00 -0800, Timothy T. Payne wrote:
>I have a 486 laptop w/ 3c589 lan card and wish to add files to the
>machine. Red Hat can't ID the card and I want to do an ftp install from
>my server.
>
>I have 500 mb hard drive 8 mb ram, I'm open to another suggestion for a
>distribution that may work better on that machine.
>
>tomsrtbt doesn't seem to see it, how can I tell it to load the driver,
>I'm a bit lost with this mini.
>
>Any one have a handy list of commands for the Vi editor. Yikes! That
>baby's small, I guess dragging around 100 floppies around for MS Word
>wouldn't be practical
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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