this is ISA? reserved a irq? set the jumpers or use the software that came with the card to setup pnp to no On Friday 07 September 2001 21:19, Siavash Sefidvash wrote: > Hi again, I just booted into windows and saw my NIC is listed as 3COM > Etherlink III ISA 3C509B-Combo. Apologies for lack of observance on my > part. Soooo now, can anyone tell me if this NIC is supported by Mandrake 8 > and if so, why is not being picked up.? > > Thanks guys. > > Siavash > > -----Original Message----- > From: Siavash Sefidvash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 08 September 2001 02:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [newbie] Network Card compatibility > > > As I mentioned in my previous mail, I still have not managed to install > Mandrake 8 on my system. The installation gets to the point of asigning > root and user password. The problems arise at the NIC detection. > > My card is 3COM ISA Ethernet 10 MB per sec ( not a combo ). I don't know > much else about the model. > It gives me a choice of the following. > > 3COM 3c90x ( Cyclone/Hurricane/Tornado ) > 3COM 3c501 > 3COM 3c503 > 3COM 3c505 > 3COM 3c507 > 3COM 3c509 > 3COM 3c515 > 3COM 3c59x(Vortex) > > I have tried all of the above and none of them seem to work. Sirdhar was > kind enough to suggest I should go into BIOS and set plug & play to "NO". I > cheked and it was already set up that way. Since I don't know the exact > driver name of the NIC I don't know how to check whether Mandrake 8 > supports it. People in the know tell me that Mandrake 8 is so well > supported that if I don't find the spacific drivers under its list, then > LINUX does not support it. This strange since my card is anything but > cutting edge to be supported. Unfortunately I cannot check the exact driver > name in device manager since Mandrake screwed up triple boot menu. I could > not boot into anything. Kept getting messages to the effect ..."This is not > a bootable device, insert a bootable floppy and try again".... Since I > neglected to create a Windows 2000 repair disk, there was nothing else I > could think of but to wipe everything and start again. > > This is not my main machine ( just for practice ) so even though drastic, > it did't have huge loss implications. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks in advance > > Siavash > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael D. Viron > Sent: 07 September 2001 15:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Network Cards > > >I do want to start using Mandrake, and I'm willing to pick up a new > >network card if that's what I have to do. If I do, I was wondering if > >there was a list somewhere that I could bring into a shop so I would > >choose a card that Mandrake would recognize. > > If you can't get the dlink card to work (and I remember having problems > with dlinks and the ne cards), you should pick up a 3com card. I've never > had any problems with everything from the early 3c509's to the newer > 3c905's. > > Michael > > -- > Michael Viron > Registered Linux User #81978 > Senior Systems & Administration Consultant > Web Spinners, University of West Florida ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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