Hello again, I am still somewhat confused on how I actually go about installing the 3c90x.c driver... I would appreciate some help/tips or alternatively, pointers to FAQs etc where I can find more info regarding this.
I have just installed Debian 1.3. I got the Rescue and Device driver's diskettes setup as well as the base1 to base5 diskettes. I successfully installed Debian but when I tried to specify an FTP access to load the Debian packages I wasn't able to do so as the netwarok card is not working. Jim as kindly suggested I get a driver update (which I have done) but I am unable to find the directories he mentions in my system (see below) and hence I am lost on how, under the circumstances, I go about (1) making the necessary changes to the kernel, or (2) obtain the appropriate updated net module for the new driver. If you require more information please let me know. I am keen to have the system going and would really appreciate some help. :-) I need the network card to work as I cannot install anything else unless I get ftp to work (obviously any Linux without a functional network card is not much fun :-) ). Cheers, Dave On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > > > I did notice some references on the web (to some NASA site) where they > > have apparantly a driver for the boomerang (as they call the 3C905-TX) > > card but I don't really know how I can go about installing it? > > It's easy - you just replace the /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c59x.c > with Donald Becker's one from the NASA site. > > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html > > It worked fine for me. > > > Do I have > > to recompile the kernel? > > Yes. Try Manoj's "kernel-package" package (read > /usr/doc/kernel-package/README.gz). > > Cheers, > > - Jim > > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .