The driver is at: "3c59x.c:v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html\n";;
This is the bd. on Dell computer, "3c905B Cyclone 10 / 100baseTx" If you can't get it, I will send to you. Don -----Original Message----- From: Mark H. Mabry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Daryl Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 12:44 PM Subject: Re: pci problem with dell >>>>>> "Daryl" == Daryl Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> wrote the following on Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:28:16 -0700 > > Daryl> mark, thanks for your reply. i am have a 3com 3c905B-TX card > Daryl> as well as a Kingston 10/100 card that is an NB2000 > Daryl> clone. they both show up in /proc/pci, however i was unable > Daryl> to install the drivers for either. i have just finished > Daryl> loading the base system from disk and was planning on using > Daryl> ftp to get the rest of the o.s. however now i am in a > Daryl> catch-22 situation as i cannot see the network. is there any > Daryl> way to try to install > > Daryl> the drivers without going through the installation again? > >Ahhh, I had the same problem when installing my 3c905 at work. This >card is also known as the Boomerang. You'll see that name if you >recompile the kernel. On my Debian CD which was 1.3.1, I believe - >almost a year old, it did not have the 3c905 driver. I had to go out >and get it. > >When I was recompiling the 2.0.34 kernel I'm pretty sure I saw it in >there, so you could > 1) go out and get a new kernel source and compile, or > 2) get a newer kernel*.deb file and see if that has the driver. > >Sorry but I don't use the kernel*.deb packages, so I really don't know >about that. > >I don't know of a way for you to get ethernet running with the 3c905 >and only your current Debian CD. And I don't know anything about the >NB2000. > >Mark Mabry >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
