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Re: Can't mount directory

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Nov 13 09:48:15 2000

To: Ben Haid <haid@jokaku.mit.edu>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Reply-To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 13 Nov 2000 09:48:09 -0500
In-Reply-To: Ben Haid's message of "Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:51:51 -0500"
Message-ID: <sjm66lsgc7q.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>

Well, the Intel 21145 uses the tulip driver.  However, I cannot find
any reference to an HPNAM driver, so you _may_ be out of luck.  If
you try the tulip driver and it doesn't work, then you probably need
a different ethernet card.

-derek

Ben Haid <haid@jokaku.mit.edu> writes:

> Perhaps I should of mentioned that we're using the TGHN-Intel HPNAM
> network adapter, hardware version 017.
> 
> -Ben
> 
> >
> >Intel 21145 controller for 10BASE-T ethernet
> >
> >-Ben
> >
> >Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
> >
> >>Sounds like Linux is not able to configure your network card.
> >>What kind of network card do you have?
> >>
> >>-derek
> >>
> >>Ben Haid <haid@jokaku.mit.edu> writes:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> sorry to keep bothering you guys.
> >>>
> >>> I've been able to boot my machine with a boot disk I built using
> >>> "attach linux; linux-boot-floppy" and get past the NFS setup screen.
> >>> But then I get the error message "I could not mount that directory
> >>> from the server", and I can go no further.  I notice that the link
> >>> LED on my ethernet hub does not light up, which I believe indicates
> >>> that my machine does not even try to contact the server. Any ideas?
> >>>
> >>> thanks,
> >>> Ben Haid
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> 
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> 

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