[3631] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Ethernet card question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Angie Kelic)
Sun Feb 17 00:28:08 2002
Message-Id: <200202170528.AAA09070@prowler.mit.edu>
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "16 Feb 2002 23:34:50 EST."
<sjmy9hszpxx.fsf@kikki.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 00:28:02 -0500
From: Angie Kelic <sly@MIT.EDU>
I never saw problems with a 3c905b. Did anyone? I dont'
remember anyone confirming a problem other than the 905c
tornado card.
I thought we were going to pull the warning about the 905b
off the website. Are there problems with the 905b and am I
just on crack? Or?
--Angie
In message <sjmy9hszpxx.fsf@kikki.mit.edu>,
Derek Atkins writes:
>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
>>
>
>--
> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
> URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH
> warlord@MIT.EDU PGP key available
