John Foster wrote:
It did NOT load the module( uses the 8139too) so I used insmod & loaded it. the kernel acknowledged this but still no connection to the net.
Hrers the real rub; Windows 98se is still finding the cards and works fine.
Interesting. The symptoms you've described so far sound very similar to a problem I'm having:
<http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200211/msg01288.html>If it shows up when you use a 2.4 kernel but not a 2.2 kernel, it might be the same thing.
- Jeff