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HP 9694 & Accton 1207D-TX nic



Hey folks;

Yet another one of those pesky Redhat/Mandrake
convert-wannabe's here. I have an HP Pavilion 9694C.
The machine comes with an HP OEM network card. I
tracked this down and it appears to be an Accton
EN1207D-TX/WOL card. The Debian installer doesn't seem
to have a module for this card (at least not one
labeled as such). Accton actually does have a linux
driver, but it comes in the form of a module with
directions for using insmod to install it. That didn't
work for me which I guess isn't surprising since it
appears that I'd have to have the same kernal that
they compiled the mod with (does that make sense?).

Does anyone know of an easier way to get this card
working? 

As I said, I have some experience with Redhat and
Mandrake, but not much; probably just enough to get in
real trouble. I did have Mandrake on this particular
machine and the card worked, so I figure there must be
some working linux drivers out there somewhere.

Maybe I'm in over my head? Should I go back to
RH/Mandrake and run one of them for a while before I
try Debian? (This is the second system I've tried to
install Debian on; the other one has an nVidia card in
it, and the display goes completely wonky on me. I'm
still struggling to find my own answers on that one.)

Thanks for any help.

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