Re: HELP!!!
> prevent you from setting up your network card successfully unless your
> card is supported by the list on the CD.
that's it - it's not supported.
> Have you tried using modconf and selecting other network cards to see if
> there's another 3COM listing you can use?
none of the others seem to work - the install just hangs.
> Can you at least ping the network or your own machine's IP address?
nope, not yet.
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, sc wrote:
> On 11/18/00 3:21 PM, urbanyon (urbanyon@urbanyon.com) wrote:
> >i am using a cdrom that came with the book 'learning debian gnu/linux'
> >(oreilly). various packages that even the book tells i need are not on
> >there.
>
> I've done installations from that CD before on LAN network connected
> systems successfully. There shouldn't be anything missing from the CD to
> prevent you from setting up your network card successfully unless your
> card is supported by the list on the CD.
>
> >i am connecting to the 'net via a
> >dsl-type connection, using a netopia router. the network card in the
> >potential debian machine is a 3com PCI card, model # 3CSOHO100-TX.
>
> Have you tried using modconf and selecting other network cards to see if
> there's another 3COM listing you can use?
>
> >here are my questions:
> >
> >1. is there a program that i can use to set up a 'net connection using my
> >NIC?
>
> This was an option in the installation process if I'm not mistaken where
> it asks you what's the main way you'll be connecting to the Internet or
> if you computer is on a network already. Then you enter in all the
> relevant info (IP address, router info, etc.) You could modify the
> network files by hand though.
>
> >2. do i need to do anything to check that the NIC is, in fact, installed?
>
> Can you at least ping the network or your own machine's IP address?
>
>
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