[TriLUG] Linux Installations Problems

[Jim Ray]

hmmm.  my network card built into the motherboard of the epia mini itx must
be indecent.  it may be promiscuous as well :-)

it puked wednesday when the rhce study group used it on an nfs install of
rh9.  the intel e100 worked fine.

i had been spending $30 on 3c905 nics yet am worried if problems arise (not
to mention the fact that 3com doesn't honor their lifetime warranty).

what's your recommendation for good, cheap, reliable nics that have drivers
for CPM, RSTS11, DOS, *NIX or whatever you wanna throw at 'em?

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org]On
Behalf Of Ed Hill
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:24 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Linux Installations Problems


On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:58, Dean Price wrote:
>
> Now for the results of loading different Linux OS's
>
> RedHat 9 and Fedora Core 1
> Video worked great after loading ATI Drivers
> All USB initiallized fine
> Sound Works
> Ethernet drivers loaded and brought up eth0, but transmit timed out... (no
> ethernet)  reinstalled drivers, switched cards and slots - nothing.


Hi Dean,

Decent (generic) PCI ethernet cards can be bought for $10--20.  If
everything else works with Red Hat as you indicate, then it seems very
silly to scrap the install for the lack of a $15 card.  After spending
all that money on the other components, whats another $15...?

And are you *sure* that the ethernet problem is really a hardware
issue?  If you want, go ahead an post your ethernet configurations and
errors to this list and we'll help you get them right!

Also, with Fedora Core, I (and others--bugzilla.redhat.com) have had
some problems with 3Com 905/95x cards.  Supposedly, the problems can be
solved by turning off kudzu (the right-after-boot hardware detection
program) after the second boot-up.

I've had *no* ethernet problems with Red Hat 9 on the same hardware.

good luck,
Ed


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