http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.24
Your Linksys may be one of two different chipsets, both handled by the
tulip driver.
Now for the CD-ROM, if it is SCSI, it is understandable that it might
not be working after install unless you made sure the system detected
and loaded all SCSI Drivers. It is also inderstandable if it is an
IDE working off a third IDE channel attached to a soundcard. I went to
the Panasonic Tech Support site and didn't find that model number
listed, not even in the old devices. I do know that there were some,
long ago, on a 34-pin interface (Long ago, ancient history, like 1995),
and this might be one of them.....
6.1 is NOT an upgrade option. You can install 6.1 but do not upgrade.
Install it. Most of your files and settings will be left intact if you
install without formatting any of the partitions. If you upgrade, well,
you'll have the same problems people did going from RH 5.0 to 5.1 to
5.2. There are still optimal ways to set up directories being sought
by vendors, and the location of objects is changing.
And yes, 6.1 is worth it.
Civileme
"Mr.InterNet @ Home" wrote:
> Wow - back to school after all these years....
> About time I jumped into the Linux foray and kept
> ahead of technology, and not just trying to "keep
> up" with Windows!
>
> Problem 1: using Linux-Mandrake 6.0
> I want to setup my network connection in Linux.
> My card is a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PCI LAN
>
> I cannot locate it in the accepted list of cards.
> Is there an upgrade (I cannot locate one) or a workaround?
>
> Does upgrading to 6.1 help at all, and is it worth it
> after I just installed 6.0 ?
>
> Problem 2: CD ROM
> Matshita CR-584
> Not working after install. Is there a compatible
> setup option using another CD ROM driver in Linux?
>
> Problem 3: me
> No help there - I'll have to fix that!
>
> James Cousineau
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -------------------------
> Independent IT Contractor and Consultant
> Internet and Web Design
>
> "Finally back in my sandbox, playing with a new toy"
