Re: Redhat network setup..

C. Philip Wood (cpw@lanl.gov)
Fri, 03 Sep 1999 13:44:35 -0600

For what it's worth, while trying to install RH 5.2 on a recent DELL box, the
module groking scripts could not find a workable driver for the ethernet card.
It appeared (based on NT that this card should work with the 3c59x.o module.
I ran a vortex diagnostic (from cesdis) which indicated that the card was
a 3c905C Tornado. After a few false starts (i pulled the 3c59x.c driver
from the web onto an NT box and stored as text on a floppy and had some
compile problemsdue to a few miscellaneous ^M's lying about) I was able to
make the module and install it, and, after a crash course in RH startup
scripts, the kernel saw the driver and life was good.

The bad news was in the middle of all this, I tried using an RH 6.0 cd and
it had the same problem during the install.

Anyhow, this version of the code worked for me:

3c59x.c:v0.99L 5/28/99 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html\n";

I found it at:

ftp://limestone.uoregon.edu/pub/linux/ethernet/3c59x.c

Thanks,

Phil

PS: Your cyclone might be a tornado %^)

In message <NCBBIFHHEKEPNFIIJDNNCELEDLAA.moonshi@linux.com.sg> you wrote:

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Or else, run "linuxconf" and goto "Networking" options. The rest are
explainatory.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
> [mailto:owner-linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu]On Behalf Of Mike A. Harris
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 9:27 AM
> To: Arni Raghu
> Cc: linux-admin@vger.rutgers.edu; linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Redhat network setup..
>
>
> On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Arni Raghu wrote:
>
> >While initially setting up RH 5.2 on my machine I was in a hurry
and at
> >the option where I choose to say if I need to configure networking
or
> >not I said no..hoping that I could catch up with that later..
> >
> >But now I am stuck since I have network cards in the machine but
the
> >kernel does not recognize them...I tried running netconf but no
> >luck..What am I missing here..?? How do I see my network cards
> now..they
> >are 3com pci cyclones..
>
> Run netconf, and choose "Basic Host configuration". Configure
> your tcp/ip settings, choose the proper kernel module for your
> card, and save and exit. Then ifup eth0.x
>
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