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Re: installation via ftp on laptop?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Sharpe)
Mon Nov 16 17:53:09 1998
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:43:48 -0800
From: Jeff Sharpe <jeff@sfg.com>
Reply-To: jeff@3-c.net
To: Nitesh Dhanjani <nitesh@expert.cc.purdue.edu>, redhat-list@redhat.com
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Nitesh Dhanjani wrote:
>
> i got my new laptop.. trying to install via ftp on ethernet, have done
> this on my desktop before, during installation it automatically detected
> my 3com vortex card. but, while installing on my laptop, it doesnt even
> ask if i have pcmcia adaptors, and doesnt detect my xircom combo ethernet
> card so i can install via ftp. any suggestions?
Xircom support for Linux is non-existant. Checking with Xircom support
site reveals there dedication to connectivity using MS products...
nothing is mentioned for any other OS. I've sent back Xircom cards for
this very reason and am a voice against any Xircom products.
A couple Xircom cards are listed in the unsupported section of the
Hardware HOWTO:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-26.html#ss26.15
My suggestion, return the card, send a complaint to Xircom and other
online advocacy groups and the vendor, then check the Hardware Howto
before purchasing.
Hope that helps. :-)
J
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