Hi guys I got myself a second box onto which I just installed potato! Yippie! I have one problem, though: the network card. :(
Here is what dmesg says: <dmesg> Linux version 2.2.15 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 20000313 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Thu Jun 1 10:47:16 EST 2000 Detected 132632631 Hz processor. [snip] 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0x6000, 00:10:5a:64:5e:ba, IRQ 9 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, 100baseTX interface. Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives. </dmesg> Now, this 3Com card sitting in this box I got given from a friend. From what dmesg says it looks like it's a 100Base-only card ...? (It certainly hasn't a BNC plug on it) There isn't any LED lighting up on either the card or the (10Base-only) hub. The funny thing is that on the card there *is* a LED for 10Base...? Hmmm.... On the card itself it says what dmesg says: 3Com 3c905B. Here I have only a 10Base hub though... looks like I *have* to get a new (10Base-only) card for this box then. If this is really so, I think it's annoying for cards as this to exist. Are there any specific reasons for having Ethernet cards that are only 100Base capable and not 10Base also. I am happy to have another box though. It even is faster than what I had before (133MHz over 90MHz :). The box had a password (Award BIOS) set even when booting. But, *the first* hit on *the first* search on google.com led me straight to the universal password: "j262" :) Kewl, huh? Thanks for help Sven
