Re: installing modules for NICs

[urbanyon <urbanyon@urbanyon.com>]

hi,

i did the setup - but there is no driver for my hardware.  should i run
modconf, and try to install the 3c59x?

as for:

> If you've already gone through the setup and you have a stock kernel and
> modules, try loading the module for your network card, this is done with
> modprobe (with options - example : modprobe ne io=0x300 irq=10).
> When you have the right options put a line in /etc/modules with the name
of
> your module so it gets loaded at boot time, and options go in a file
with
> the module name in /etc/modutils/ (example : in /etc/modules add a
single
> line with "ne", and in /etc/modutils/ne add a line "options ne io=0x300
> irq=10") - then run update-modules to
> update the modules.conf file.   

i'm new - can you clarify a bit?

thanks for your help!

On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Silver wrote:

> When you go through the debian setup it asks you which driver modules you
> want to load, then select your NIC driver and load it (with options like io
> and irq if needed).
> If you've already gone through the setup and you have a stock kernel and
> modules, try loading the module for your network card, this is done with
> modprobe (with options - example : modprobe ne io=0x300 irq=10).
> When you have the right options put a line in /etc/modules with the name of
> your module so it gets loaded at boot time, and options go in a file with
> the module name in /etc/modutils/ (example : in /etc/modules add a single
> line with "ne", and in /etc/modutils/ne add a line "options ne io=0x300
> irq=10") - then run update-modules to
> update the modules.conf file.
> If you have compiled your own kernel, make sure you selected the driver for
> your NIC as a module first.
> 
> Silver
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "urbanyon" <urbanyon@urbanyon.com>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 5:25 PM
> Subject: installing modules for NICs
> 
> 
> > is there a document, or something, that tells one how to install a module?
> > i'm a newbie trying to get debian up and running, and have gotten some
> > good help from this list.  all i need is to get my NIC installed (3com
> > model # 3CSOHO100-TX).  i think the driver is the 3c90x, and although i
> > managed to download it successfully, i have no clue as to how to install
> > it.  any help is much appreciated.
> >
> > thanks!
> >
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