RE: Intel Pro 100 doesn't work
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David J. Kuntz [mailto:djkntz@geocities.com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 7:55 AM
> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Intel Pro 100 doesn't work
>
>
> I am donating an old NEC versa 4080H to a friend (p120). It doesn't
> have a cdrom, and I would like to install slink on it for him. I am
> trying to do an ftp install using an Intel pro/100 card, and I can't
> get it recognized. cardmgr report socket 0: Intel EtherExpress PRO/100
> and then attempts to load the xirc2ps_cs.o module.
> Then it fails (low beep) and of course the install ends before it
> begins.
> My alternative is to locate a backpack and install from that, but I
> would like to use this card in my own laptop, too, so any help would be
> appreciated.
> david
Another alternative is a plip (parallel port ip) connection with the
machine that has the CD rom drive. I don't have an ethernet card for
my laptop (yet) and installing via floppies/plip worked fine.
Of course, that doesn't help you get the card working in the other
laptop....
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David Karlin
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