Mandrake is the Windows of the Linux world. It takes /all/ the guess work
out of it. You should get an IP even before you really finish the install
-- I believe part of the install is to check for updates to packages /
allow you to install some extra ones from the internet (if you choose). I
don't forsee you having any problem with Mandrake and a 3Com card.
--Richard
At 12:04 AM 10/4/2002, you wrote:
>This message is mainly directed at the people who helped me at the install
>fest set my computer up, but anyone is definately welcome to put their input
>in.
>
>*****
>
>As the people who went to the Install fest know it took a few hours to get
>my ethernet card to actually get an IP address and to be able to get up on
>the Internet and all. I've got a 3Com and was told it was a very good card
>to use with linux and all yet it took along time to get working. My
>question is that if I install Mandrake 9, will I have to go through that
>same 3 hour ordeal that I went through whenever I initially installed it?
>Or, since all I'll be doin' is an upgrade, will it preserve things like
>hardware settings that I have now so I don't have to worry about that.
>
>If I will have to redo my ethernet card setup like I had to do the first
>time, would the people that helped me (I think it was Patrick) tell me what
>they did so that I could fix it myself maybe?
>
>Thanks a lot for the help.
>
>John
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