i don't know if anyone else mailed you re this (or if this will go via the list but the NIC (if it is an ISA card at least)you have to use a DOS prog to set the IRQ /memory settings.. i'm not sure i understand it but the process is described in better detail here; http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html i have a card ISA based on the same chipset and it took a bit of playing around and i can't remember what i did but it works now. mail me off list if you need the dos program and can't find it.. mike cola >From: Edward Barrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >SUBJECT >I've just installed Mandrake 8.0 and it was very easy - compared with the >last time I tried Linux, about four years ago, when getting X running took >a whole weekend. > >But I've run into a problem with my network; I want to run SAMBA on the >linux box (AMD K6-3, 450MHz, 256M) and connect a variety of other machines >to it, and have tried the excellent O'Reilly trouble-shooter at >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/ch09_02.html, which has >led me to believe that: > >The problem seems to be getting Linux to recognise the NIC (a realtek >8139).I think the right kernel module is 8139too, and if I do lsmod it >appears but is unused. > >but ls /dev/eth0 returns no such file or directory, and eth0 doesn't appear >in lsmod either. > >I have put a line in /etc/modules.conf alias eth0 8139too, and that doesn't >seem to do the trick. > >HardDrake correctly identifies the card (presumably via a PnP bios call); >but Linux doesn't talk to it. > >Has anyone else had similar problems, and if so what did you do to solve >it? > >(the network worked fine under Win98 btw so it shouldn't be a hw fault). > > > > >Edward Barrow "...Who's the big winner tonight...? Mikey! Mikey wins! Mikey's the big winner...!"- Trent "Double Down" (Vince Vaughn) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- www.mp3.com/pherellcommunic8ns TECHNO melbourne style. heard it yet? mike thinks you should ------------------------------------------------------------ Your Lowrider Community... http://www.lowrider.com Your Personalized Page Start Page... http://my.lowrider.com
