The problem is, the RealTek one doesn't work either! I disabled my Marvell on-board chip so I'd get rid of it until installation is complete. I then booted the live cd, loaded the 8139 modules and configured as necessary.
With all this, I still can't even ping! Keith On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 19:30 +0100, Iain wrote: > "there are muliple issues with the Marvell NIC's...kernels from 2.6.7 - > 2.6.10-rc3 are affected." > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-286439-highlight-sk98lin.html > > Perhaps an earlier kernel version (LiveCD 2004.2??) may work, or try a > build with the RealTek (urgh!) card and build the kernel modules for the > GE card once built. You should be able to disable to GE fro the BIOS. > > If you can get something other than RTL8139 chiped NICs you'll do > yourself a favour. These vendors sometimes forget to set unique MAC > addresses. > > Iain.
