On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 10:54:38PM -0500, Angus D Madden wrote: > The client box also has a 3c905C. It was initially running WindowsME > with dhcp used to configure the network interface. Everything was > working fine, network wise. > > Repeated problems with the Widnows and an eventual disk failure have > prompted me to install Debian on the client box. > > I could not get the network interface to function after I > installed Debian (from potato rev 2 install disks 2.2.17 kernel). > The 3x59x module inserts cleanly, I can bring the interface up, but I > can't get anywhere on the network. The 3c905c is not supported by the kernel available on the 2.2r2 install disks. You need a newer set of install disks, or a newer kernel. If I were you I'd compile a kernel on your other box and transfer it over via sneakernet :) -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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