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Re: Ethernet card question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Sat Feb 16 23:38:05 2002
To: Zhiqiang Li <zqli@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU, linux-help@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 16 Feb 2002 23:34:50 -0500
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You can try. It may work.
-derek
Zhiqiang Li <zqli@MIT.EDU> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm interested in installing Athena-Linux on my PC, but on the
> installer website, I found the following note:
>
> "There is unfortunately still a known problem with some revisions of
> the 3com 3c905b and 3c905c ethernet cards; they fail to auto-detect
> correctly with the standard floppy, and the installer fails to find
> the network. We'll send an announcement to linux-announce if and when
> a fix becomes available. "
>
> The ethernet card on my computer is 3Com 3c905B-TX. I was wondering
> if the problem with this device has been fixed. If the current
> installer still has this problem, is it possible to install
> Athena-Linux on my computer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Zhiqiang Li
>
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