On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Donald Dunn wrote:
> I have had a frustrating time trying to install Mandrake SNF
> onto a PC. Most recently the brand X NIC cards aren't found,
> I went to Fry's with the "Linux Hardware Compatibility "
>http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
> page in hand. None of the entries are on this shelves.
If ISA, you need to look at the chip on the board and/or for compatibility
notes on the box.
If pci, post
cat /proc/pci
in addition to the chip numbers. In particular, the output for the
ethernet card.
>
> Is this list a little out of date? Is there a new one?
Of course. Don't think so.
>
> What are several on-the-shelf compatible cards I can buy?
>
> There are Intel, SMC, and Netgear NIC's, and 3rd world knock-offs.
> Is an SMC 1244TX ? This could be one as it has the "EZ" as mentioned
> in the HOWTO "SMC Ultra / EtherEZ (ISA)"?
1244TX is a PCI card... that much I gleaned from google, but information
off the chip is probably needed to know what to do next. Sounds like a
new variation... certainly possible that the drivers haven't been written
yet. I don't trust marketing labels on NICs.
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