Makes sense. However, what if the following happened:
- Mandrake was installed w/o NIC support
- Install driver
- init 1/init 5 to restart system
- Go into Linuxconf, configure networking manually and enable eth0
- Activate the changes
I dunno if this will work or not. Never tried it myself, but *I* would try it
anyway just to rule it out (I am pigheaded about exhausting all possible
resources, though). In a discussion forum such as this throwing ideas
and suggestions around might help.
At the very least there may be some information on the 3com web site about how
to get it to work. Its easy to forget to check the vendor's resources.
-Necro
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> I don't think new drivers will solve anything if the card isn't recognized
> in the first place...
>
> Am I right here??
>
> Pete
>
> _________________________________
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Necrotica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 8:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] [NEWBIE] NIC 3C905b problems
>
>
> > Last week I saw 3C905B drivers for Linux right on the 3COM web site. It
> might
> > be worth downloading them and giving them a try...
> >
> > -Necro
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > Are you working with Mandrake 7.0-2?
> > >
> > > Seve
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Scala, Lino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:17 AM
> > > Subject: [newbie] [NEWBIE] NIC 3C905b problems
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >Hello everyone,
> > > >this is my very first Linux install and I'm having troubles with the
> built
> > > >in NIC card it's a 3Com 3c905b which is listed under all the supported
> NICs
> > > >but when I do the auto probe it fails, I've gone to the Dell web site
> to
> > > >check if any info on installing the card in Linux was available but no
> > > >luck, any suggestion?
> > > >
> > > >
> >
