would you like to borrow an alternative pcmcia nic to do the install? I have a spare at home, its that same as the ones they are selling at Molten Media for next to nothing. in fact they gave it away with the $80 laptop I bought!
Can't tell you the chipset without going home and sticking it in the laptop. I've only used it on the windows lappie. Also I was referred to this recently: lshw (LiSt HardWare) http://freshmeat.net/projects/lshw/?topic_id=146%2C148%2C253%2C861 On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:04:29 +1300 mjm159 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi people, > > I'm trying my first Linux install of a Laptop and my chosen flavour was > Debian. I have just assumed that the support is there for it. However, my > assumption may be fundamentially flawed. I've never followed laptop threads > because I've never had any interest in them until now. > > I want to do a net install (naturally) but first I need to fire up the PCMCIA > NIC. It's a Dick Smith "XH7912", which I think is their product number. On > the back "NE-428X\4B" sounds more like a networking chipset. I can't find any > PCMCIA drivers in the Woodie rescue disk set so does anyone have any hints... > maybe I should just try a CD install of Redhat eh? > > TIA, > Michael. > > --- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message generated in webmail. > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
