Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-14 Thread Dr. Richard E. Hawkins
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:40:18AM -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: I finally figureed out that the removable floppy (which works both as an external usb and internall) is treated as a scsi device, not /dev/fd0. So I tried moving the

Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-14 Thread Andre Guibert de Bruet
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:48:20AM -0400, David Gilbert wrote: I finally figureed out that the removable floppy (which works both as an external usb and internall) is treated as a scsi device, not /dev/fd0. So I tried moving the drivers from

Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-14 Thread David Gilbert
Richard == Richard E Hawkins Dr. writes: Richard I finally figureed out that the removable floppy (which works Richard both as an external usb and internall) is treated as a scsi Richard device, not /dev/fd0. So I tried moving the drivers from the Richard up to date machine. No dice; they

Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-14 Thread David Gilbert
Andre == Andre Guibert de Bruet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre I'm under the impression that pretty much all of the 8xx-series Andre Latitudes have DB9 ports (Including C800, C820 and friends). That may entirely be, but many of my local UN*X friends have ended up with laptops from major

Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-14 Thread Andre Guibert de Bruet
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't work unless updated to approximately July 17. I burned 5.1 iso's, and installed most of it successfully. How do I bootstrap the network. I saw Bill Paul's references to

Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-14 Thread Dr. Richard E. Hawkins
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:48:20AM -0400, David Gilbert wrote: Andre == Andre Guibert de Bruet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: getting the drivers onto the D800 Andre Does this new toy have a 32-bit pci slot available? If so, pop Andre in a

bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-07 Thread Dr. Richard E. Hawkins
If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't work unless updated to approximately July 17. I burned 5.1 iso's, and installed most of it successfully. How do I bootstrap the network. I saw Bill Paul's references to testing a patch prior to committing it. Is this something

Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-07 Thread David Gilbert
Andre == Andre Guibert de Bruet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't work unless updated to approximately July 17. I burned 5.1 iso's, and installed most of it successfully. How

Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800

2003-08-06 Thread Andre Guibert de Bruet
On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, David Gilbert wrote: Andre == Andre Guibert de Bruet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote: If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't work unless updated to approximately July 17. I burned 5.1