Re: questions about "generic" Ethernet drivers, DHCP
Salman Ahmed wrote:
> I finally got a second box to install Linux on today. Unfortunately its
> not the Compaq Deskpro EN I had hoped for. Its an older Digital 5000 PC
> with the following specs:
>
> PII 233
> Adaptec AHA-2940 UW SCSI Adapter
> 2 Seagate 2Gb SCSI HDs
> Matrox Mystique video card (2Mb)
> Digital Semiconductor EB143 based 10/100 "evaluation" ethernet card
>
> (1) What Ethernet driver should I select for this NIC ? I got the
> details of the HW from Windows NT which the machine already has on
> it. Not sure if its a PCI or ISA NIC. Has anyone heard of this NIC ?
Dunno. Sorry.
> (2) How do I setup the system to use DHCP once the ethernet card is
> setup properly ? I never setup a machine to use DHCP but I am assuming
> that it isn't too tricky.
Just install the dhcpcd package and in your /etc/init.d/network put in a line to start
up this daemon with eth0 as an argument.
> I would like to get the machine up and running with slink, and then plan
> to upgrade it to potato and kernel 2.2.13 once networking is configured
> properly.
>
> Thanks for any info.
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Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com
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