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Re: 3 com 900

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Troan)
Thu Nov 14 10:05:12 1996

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 09:55:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>
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In-Reply-To: <199611140331.WAA22690@dorothy.ccs.brandeis.edu>
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On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Brian Craft wrote:

> Hi. I was just about to do another Colgate nfs install, and I noticed that the
> machine has a 3c900. Is the updated 3 com driver (for the 900) on the install
> disk? I suspect it isn't though I haven't tried it yet. If it isn't,
> how difficult would it be to make a new install disk? I'm guessing I should
> be able to compile the new driver as a module and replace it on the install
> disk, though I've little idea how to do the latter. Anyone have a clue?
> b.c.

The easiest thing to do is build a kernel with the ethernet driver built
in and place it on the boot disk (which you can just mount normally).

Erik

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