hi recentaly i aquired a new 3com 3c900b i inserted it and ran linux linux found it and tried to configure it everything seemed ok it told it to use the 3c4x5 driver for it. i added all the appropriate info to netconf and netcfg i then did a network stop;netwoark start it all seemed ok when i tried to ping another pc on my lan (win98) i got some messages including network down etc. i went to the 3com website and after a bit of looking around i found a driver for newer cards it had mine amond others in the list. it said the drivers were tested on RH6.0 ,RH5.2 on an intel (this is what i have), I downloaded it and used the kernal patch that matched my kernal and patched my kernal. i then did a make xconfig in my kernal source and enabled drivers for newer 3com cards inclding mine. i saved the file and did a make dep;make clean;make bzImage it worked fine i then copyed it to my /boot folder and edited lil.conf and reran lilo, i then moved my /lib/modules/2.2.5-22 to /lib/modules/2.2.5-22-working and did a make modules and a make modules_install it all worked. i restarted and ran my new kernal it mentioned somthing about starting 3com 3c90x drivers in the firest part of start up when it flashs across the screen. i tried to use the 3c90x driver that i supposedly installed but it said delaying eth0 initiliseation and in netconf my driver was not on the lisk (drop down box) i tried doing this multiple times i even tried reinstalling RH a few time trying not letting it be probed and a few other installtime settings. but all this got me noware i am now compleatly stumped. can anyone please help does anyone have a working 3com 3c900b card or is there another list i can ask which is more focused on drivers etc. thakyou in advance ghoti RH6.0 trying to connect to win98 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
