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Re: [users] which NIC driver to use?



On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:31:56 +0200, MaD dUCK writes:
>i don't know, but it will most likely be one of the following:
>  tulip, rtl8139, 8139too, or ne.
>
>just try modprobe each one in turn, and then if that does not work,
>try all in /lib/modules/.../net/* - your machine might lock up, but
>only the right driver will successfully install as a module... it's a
>hack, but it works.

an ugly method for this is
`ls -1 | sed s/".o$"// | xargs modprobe`

quite handy sometimes, as it saves on typing.

cheers,
&rw
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-- around with it very much, an NT system tends to remove itself
-- from the network rather promptly. -- ?, some CERT guy
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