You've missed quite a bit of discussion on these particular cards,
apparently :) The 3C905B-TX has given several of us some trouble. (Mine
STILL doesn't work like it should. I'm having to use a hack of an old
version of the driver to get it working.) Anyway, what you probably need
to do is this: Install linux, then use some machine with net access to
grab the newest 3c59x.c from http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/
and put that in your kernel source (/usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c59x.c if
memory serves). Compile the kernel with the new driver, and you should be
good to go.
HTH,
Matt
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Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MicroComputer Specialist University of Tulsa
Engineering and Natural Sciences
"Pardon me, stewardess. I speak Jive."
On Tue, 19 May 1998, Joseph B. McGuirl wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install RH5.0 on a P166 w/ 32M ram and the RH Install refuses
> to find either NIC.
> Both NICs are 3COM's 3C905B-TX (10/100BASE-TX). I checked the HW Compat.
> list and as
> far as I can tell this card is supported. When I used a dos sys disk to run
> 3COM's config util.
> I had no problem finding both cards. I set one at irq 5 and i/o addy 0240
> and the other at
> irq 10 and i/o addy 0340 with no probs. When I rebooted and started the RH
> install all went
> well until it tried to find the NIC's. I kept getting a not found response.
> I tried using only one NIC
> as well as both NIC's during the setup with no luck. I'm at a loss. I've
> queried the resident
> LINUX gurus here and they had no luck either. We need to make this work so
> we can setup a
> proxy to "protect" our users.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joseph McGuirl
> J & J Communications
> http://www.jjcom.com
> PO Box 50651
> Henderson, NV 89016
>
>
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