Re: How do I get the install disks to recognize my network?
I just read on the D-LINK web site that there are
two DFE-530TX+
DFE-530TX+ Rev. A, B, C uses the rtl8139.o
driver, and
DFE-530TX+ Rev. D1, D2 "must have the driver
compiled from the floppy"
I found this on
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=487&question=General%20Linux
hope this helps
Jim
* To: Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
* Subject: Re: How do I get the install disks
to recognize my network?
* From: John Fisher <johnkfisher@mac.com>
* Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 23:35:41 -0500
* Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
* Old-return-path: <johnkfisher@mac.com>
Once again, a million thanks for all your help.
Despite my continuing inability to install,
everyone's help is really quite appreciated, and
is truly making me feel I've made the right
choice in distros to attempt.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 10:50PM, Bob
Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
>John Fisher wrote:
>
>> 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,
>
>Should work. Note the *should*.
>
>> nor is there an explicit 8139too driver option
in net.
>
>You won't see the 8139too since it is built into
the bf24 kernel. For
>the built in modules you don't need to select
them. (But once you
>upgrade to the tuned performance kernel then it
goes back to being a
>module and you *do* have to select it there.
Note that for later.)
>
>> 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. :-)
>
>Gosh, I think you are close. But at this point
I don't know what to
>suggest. The bootfloppies installer should be
asking you for a system
>name, defaulting to 'debian', choose something
you like, and asking
>you if it can DHCP or if you need a static
address. If possible pick
>DHCP and then it should follow from there.
It will ask for a system name, but afterward
informs me that no network card has been found,
and recommends I enable my card via the configure
modules section. Never actually gets to the point
where I have the options you mention.
>Double check your connections. Verify that you
are getting LED
>connectivity lights on your card or switch if
you have LEDs. I think
>you should be close right now. At this point it
is bound to be
>something very small that is causing the
trouble.
It is lighting up where it should be, so I'm
really quite lost. Everything seems to be the way
it should be, though I do admit that, coming from
the Mac side of the fence, I never quite grasped
IRQs and how they should work, but I'm assuming I
can just let the BIOS handle them on Auto. (Which
I mention only in grasping at straws in case
someone can tell me different.)
--------------------
John Kenneth Fisher
johnkfisher@mac.com
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