Re: Weird problem installing Debian
Hey,
I've gotten this problem many times w/ the Etherlink III. For some
reason the card doesn't seem to work w/ debian's factory kernel in PnP
mode. I hate PnP anyway, so I disable that (there's a utility to do
this on 3com's site.
Cameron Matheson
On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 03:30, Andrew Pritchard wrote:
> I've got a spare machine which I'm trying to put Debian on. It's a K6-2 450,
> 128MB RAM, 10GB HD. Not a bad machine at all. I've had trouble putting Debian
> on it before, and ended up using Redhat. I'd love to get Debian working on it,
> cos I find Debian so much easier to use (that sounds almost blasphemous). So
> here's my problem.
>
> It's got a 3Com Etherlink III card in it. Not a bad card, well supported. The
> module installs for it - the link light on the hub lights, it accepts the IP
> address I've put in - everything seems to be going fine. HOWEVER, I can't ping
> the machine, NOR can I get any network connectivity out. I've booted with the
> idepci boot disks and the standard bootdisks for both the stable and testing
> releases - same problem. It's not a hardware issue - Redhat works just fine on
> that machine. So where am I going wrong?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Andrew
>
> "I do not agree with what you say,
> but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
> Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778)
>
>
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