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Re: NIC not recognized

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Igmar Palsenberg)
Thu Nov 26 11:45:03 1998

From: "Igmar Palsenberg" <palsenberg@tebenet.nl>
To: "Redhat List" <redhat-list@redhat.com>, <jspragens@igc.apc.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 17:53:34 +0100
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>When I installed RH 5.1, it failed to recognize my NIC -- a clone of >the
Intel
>EtherExpress Pro/10+ (PnP). (Came with a Lantastic package.)


PnP means recompiling the Intel EtherExpress pro as a Module. The set it up
using isapnptools. The load the modules using insmod. I had no problems with
it.

Let me know if you need more info.

>Question on two levels.

>First, do I need to reinstall, or can I set up the NIC from within Linux?

>If I need to reinstall, what's the format for providing parameters to the
>dialog in the setup routine? I have info on how Win98 sees the card, >just
don't
>know how to feed it to Linux.

>Thanks.




            Igmar Palsenberg


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