... > cardmgr[xxx]: socket 0: NE2000 Compatible Fast Ethernet .. > kernel: pcnet_cs: unable to read hardware net address ... Hi, there is a chapter in the PCMCIA HOWTO, which explains how to handle cards without hardware address. Hope this helps. -werner- -- ~ LiLAC - Linux with Laptop Computers http://home.snafu.de/wehe ~ ~ ~ ~ Werner Heuser - Berlin - Germany - T. +49 30 349 53 86 ~ ~ -=* Stop nuclear power plants, before they stop you! *=- ~