It is always a possibility, but it's a low probability. Ethernet cards are
less black-box-like than Winmodems, and they generally have good Linux
support (thanks largely to the dedication of Don Becker, I suppose).
Admittedly, I can't find a reference saying that an HP card with that
designation *is* supported. Nonetheless, I would first try probing with the
several HP modules that you have and seeing if you get lucky. If not ... RH
5.2 is pretty old, and you may need an updated kernel with current drivers
(for example, if Lawson's tulip guess is right, you probably have too old a
tulip driver anyway ... new versions seem to come out weekly, as "the" tulip
chipset proves to be an ever-moving targer).
If you don't get lucky, try lookin on the HP Web site for information.
At 02:46 AM 3/18/00 -0500, Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
>I have not yet tried this, but as my luck would have it I bought a pc
>and have had it such that the modem and the soundcard that came with are
>linux incompatible :( So was wondering if there could be a possibility that
>an ethernet card would behave the same way?
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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