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Re: Linux compatability for IBM desktop machines



On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 14:38, Faheem Mitha wrote:
> Dear People,
> 
> I am writing to ask whether anyone has any Linux experience with something
> similar to the two desktop machines described at
[...]
> >From the descriptions given, I'm not sure what to make of "Integrated
> 10/100/1000 MB ENET"  or "Integrated 10/100100 MB ENET". (I'm guessing the
> latter was a typo and should be the same as the former). Does anyone have
> any idea about this?

Most of the onboard 10/100/1000 nics I've seen in desktop pc's are
Broadcom chips. Debian's kernels do not come with that driver by
default, but knoppix does. You might try using knoppix as your
compatibility tester...
-- 
Mark Roach



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