easy .. get a new NIC :) $20 for a ISA NE2K PnP NIC or $25 for a PCI RT8139 nic .. check nasa's site for updated drivers and other ne2k stuff. i forgot the link off hand if u need it search for nasa on yahoo.aphroland.org
nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Aaron Van Couwenberghe wrote: > Hi all - > > I'm doing some superhero work here, rescuing fellow students from the > Gates of hell and introducing them to sweet, brand GNU, true freedom. > > Trouble is, on this one machine I can't get the NIC driver to load :(. > > It has a winbond chip in it, and it's supposed to be 'ne2k compatible,' > but the ne2k-pci module won't load. I get some of the more common module > loading errors (device is busy... etc). > > My question is this: does anyone know what to do about not-quite ne2000 > clones (PCI) that won't probe? the card's plug and play, and the kernel sees > it -- a cat of /proc/pci lists the NIC loud and clear, including IRQ and > base I/O address. > > Any help would be appreciated ;) > > -- > ..Aaron Van Couwenberghe... [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Berlin: http://www.berlin-consortium.org > Debian GNU/Linux: http://www.debian.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >