try modprobe 3c90x
if you dont get any errors your golden, you can then go into linuxconf
and configure your eth0 (see my previous post where I gave a bit of an
overview on linuxconf)
Ron
AsSMaN wrote:
>
> I have the Exact same problem with the same ethernet card and i use @home
> cable internet.
> i saw 3c90x in module i dont know what its there for? or how 2 install it
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald J.
> Yacketta
> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2000 11:43 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] 3COM EtherLink 10/100 PCI TX (3C905B-TX) problems
>
> what does the top of that install script look like?
> the #! line?
>
> Ron
>
> better yet send the script (offline from the list) to me
> and I wiill take a gander
>
> Bryan Foster wrote:
> >
> > Hello-
> >
> > I have installed Mandrake-Linux 7.02 (AIR) and can not seem to get my NIC
> > card to work. When I tried to set up the networking stuff my card was not
> > listed. I tried with another and it didn't work. Finally I went to 3COMs
> web
> > site and downloaded the correct drivers for my card. (I wont even tell you
> > what I had to do to get it uncompressed.. needless to say I did manage to
> > get it uncompressed and the contents into a temp directory on my desktop).
> >
> > Following the install instructions that came with the drivers I opened the
> > terminal as root, changed to the directory with the drivers and typed in
> the
> > following from the instructions:
> >
> > # ./install3c90x
> >
> > What I get is the following error:
> >
> > 'nknown option: `-
> > USAGE: csh [ -bcdefilmnqstvVxX ] [argument... ]
> >
> > I have no idea what that means or what I am supposed to do to get these
> > drivers installed. Any ideas out there? I'd really like to get this card
> > working so that I can access the internet via my cable modem from Linux.
> > That would make learning this stuff a lot easier since I wouldn't need to
> > try something, write down whatever didn't work, log back into Windows,
> etc.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
> > Bryan
