Re: [newbie] i386 vs. i586

2000-04-16 Thread Brian & Heather
i586 takes avantage of instructions that exist on a Pentium class machine, that the i386 didn't have. If you have a pentium, you want the i386 (however, AMD K6 II, K6-III and Athlons are also 586 class machines). >What's the difference between the i386 & i586 versions of Linux? > >Does i586

[newbie] 3com NIC card

2000-04-11 Thread Brian & Heather
I've tried to install the 3com 3c905C NIC, and I get a "wrong kernel version", and I've tried to download it and compile the thing, and I get all these "include" errors where it can't find libraries (or whatever the .h means). Anyone have a suggestion on where to get drivers for this card, or