> What makes you sure about that? Did you try to load 3c59x? What > happened?
well, somebody told me ;-). how do i try to load 3c59x? modconf? keep in mind i'm new at this (but i do follow instructions well). thanks for your help, -b On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Philipp Schulte wrote: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 10:03:59AM -0500, urbanyon wrote: > > > i have a 3com NIC (3CSOHO100-TX). i managed to find a driver here: > > > > http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/3c59x-2.3-changelog.txt > > Fine, but why don't you use the driver in the kernel? > 3c59x.c seems to support your card. > > > thing is, i am a newbie with a capital N (well, maybe a little better than > > that, but not much). i have no idea how to get this thing installed (i > > have determined that the module i need is NOT part of the kernel). do > > What makes you sure about that? Did you try to load 3c59x? What > happened? > > > i need to recompile the module, and if so, how? do i need to recompile > > the kernel once i've done this, and if so, how? if i don't need to > > recompile the kernel, what do i need to do? i've been trying to get this > > machine up and running and this seems to be the last step. > > If you downloaded the driver then cat it. There should be a > compile-command at the very end. Compile it, place the compiled module > in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net and load it by modprobe/insmod. > You don't need to recompile the kernel. > But I recommend you first try to use the kernel-module. You don't have > to recompile you kernel either. Just select the option as a module and > "make modules modules_install". > Phil > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
