[20560] in Athena Bugs
Re: Awkward Situation on Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew m. boardman)
Tue Aug 6 15:28:51 2002
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:28:48 -0400
Message-Id: <200208061928.PAA15604@pothole.mit.edu>
From: "andrew m. boardman" <amb@MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
>On one machine, linux automatically detected a Realtek RTL8129 10/100
>BaseT Ethernet Adapter, and continue the installation with no hassel. On
>the other one (note that it has exactly the same integrated motherboard),
>however, it wouldn't accept the Realtek RTL8129 ethernet card, even if
>manually selected.
Turns out that Richard was using the SIPB installer. (Or possibly the IS
installer media with the SIPB instructions; that wasn't entirely clear.)
The IS installer Just Worked.
