Re: newbie: installing new drivers
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999, Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> Subject: newbie: installing new drivers
> Date: Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 04:54:10PM -0600
>
> In reply to:David Brode
>
> Quoting David Brode(david.brode@olaplink.com):
> > 1. I just added an ethernet card to my system (3Com SC509TP) and I
> > understand that I'm supposed to use the driver 3c509. My question is *how*
> > do I get the system to load that driver? (If I were installing linux again
> > I could use dbootstrap, but I have the feeling there's an easier way.) The
> > boot msg doesn't have any "eht0" mention or any other mention of the card.
>
> You will have to re-compile the kernel ( read the kernel HOWTO, in
> /usr/doc/HOWTO).
I don't think so. That driver comes with debian, it just does not install
by default. All you need to do is run modconf, cursor down to the net
modules, select the 3c509 and it should install just fine if everything is
at its defaults. You might need to give it the I/O address.
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