Re: How do I get the install disks to recognize my network?
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 02:06AM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
>John Fisher wrote:
>> Even with 2.4, I get the same failures, despite that it seems from all I
>> read that eepro100 should work.
>
>I think everyone said it was "likely" to work. But without seeing
>the /proc/pci output it is hard to say.
True, true.
((snippage))
>As an alternative thought, can you disable the onboard networking,
>borrow a pci network card, use the pci card for the installation, then
>get your onboard networking working? I would recommend either the
>Dlink DFE-530TX+ or the Linksys Etherfast cards. They are <$20 and
>definitely have good linux drivers available. The Dlink is built into
>the bf24 kernel but is the '8139too' driver, the Linksys uses the
>'tulip' driver.
>
>Going the PCI card route to install definitely sounds like less
>trouble.
Ah, you'd think so. Actually, I had the same idea, and was quite pleased to see that you had the same suggestion. Unfortunately, I'm having the exact same problem. I purchased and installed the DFE-530TX+ Driver, disabled the onboard via the BIOS, and tried with the 2.4 floppys. Again, no network option appears, nor is there an explicit 8139too driver option in net. But you know, I feel like I'm getting closer. I'm probably not, but I'm telling myself that to keep my spirits high. :-)
Current cat /proc/pci:
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
Ethernet controller: PCI device 1186:0300 (D-Link System Inc) (rev 16).
IRQ 11
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd8ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xff800000 [0xff8000ff].
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John Kenneth Fisher
johnkfisher@mac.com
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