Re: 3c905b-TX

[Simon Law <sfllaw@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Sun, 7 Oct 2001, Mike Atamas wrote:

>      I am having some problems configuring my network card. I have a
> 3c905b-TX, which is connected to a hub which is connected to a cable
> modem (serviced by Comcast @Home). I have installed potato of off CD's,
> but I can never seem to configure the card in potato, and it does not
> work during the potato install. I tried getting the compact flavor of
> Woody (on floppy disks). Compact is supposed to support 3c905b-TX, but I
> can not connect to the debian server using either ftp or http. Does
> anyone know how I can configure my network card under potato or get it
> to work under Woody?

	During the installation, Debian will ask you to install some
modules.  You REALLY want to install the 3c59x module (it should be in
the net section).  This should initialise your network card.  You can
also do this manually using modconf(8).

Simon