Hi again, I just booted into windows and saw my NIC is listed as 3COM Etherlink III ISA 3C509B-Combo. Apologies for lack of observance on my part. Soooo now, can anyone tell me if this NIC is supported by Mandrake 8 and if so, why is not being picked up.? Thanks guys. Siavash -----Original Message----- From: Siavash Sefidvash [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 08 September 2001 02:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Network Card compatibility As I mentioned in my previous mail, I still have not managed to install Mandrake 8 on my system. The installation gets to the point of asigning root and user password. The problems arise at the NIC detection. My card is 3COM ISA Ethernet 10 MB per sec ( not a combo ). I don't know much else about the model. It gives me a choice of the following. 3COM 3c90x ( Cyclone/Hurricane/Tornado ) 3COM 3c501 3COM 3c503 3COM 3c505 3COM 3c507 3COM 3c509 3COM 3c515 3COM 3c59x(Vortex) I have tried all of the above and none of them seem to work. Sirdhar was kind enough to suggest I should go into BIOS and set plug & play to "NO". I cheked and it was already set up that way. Since I don't know the exact driver name of the NIC I don't know how to check whether Mandrake 8 supports it. People in the know tell me that Mandrake 8 is so well supported that if I don't find the spacific drivers under its list, then LINUX does not support it. This strange since my card is anything but cutting edge to be supported. Unfortunately I cannot check the exact driver name in device manager since Mandrake screwed up triple boot menu. I could not boot into anything. Kept getting messages to the effect ..."This is not a bootable device, insert a bootable floppy and try again".... Since I neglected to create a Windows 2000 repair disk, there was nothing else I could think of but to wipe everything and start again. This is not my main machine ( just for practice ) so even though drastic, it did't have huge loss implications. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance Siavash -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael D. Viron Sent: 07 September 2001 15:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Network Cards >I do want to start using Mandrake, and I'm willing to pick up a new >network card if that's what I have to do. If I do, I was wondering if >there was a list somewhere that I could bring into a shop so I would >choose a card that Mandrake would recognize. If you can't get the dlink card to work (and I remember having problems with dlinks and the ne cards), you should pick up a 3com card. I've never had any problems with everything from the early 3c509's to the newer 3c905's. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida
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