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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!peernews.ftech.net!telehouse1.frontier-networks.co.uk!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!shadowland From: gksmith@mail.utexas.edu (Glenn Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Can't find network card Date: Thu, 03 Jul 97 04:31:43 GMT Organization: ResNet Message-ID: <5pf9vt$n1m$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> References: <jcaECCBuy.M9q@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shadowland.hf.utexas.edu X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Lines: 25 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:7070 In article <jcaECCBuy.M9q@netcom.com>, jca@netcom.com (James C. Armstrong) wrote: >We're attempting to install BSDI 3.0 on a Dell Dimension 200 MHz >machine, and the system is unable to find either the default installed >network card, or an Etherlink III network card that we know works, >that we swapped in from another machine. > >Has anybody faced this problem, and if so, do you know how to get >the kernel to recognize the existance of either card? > >The initial card was 3-Com 3c905-TX. > >Any ideas? This card isn't compatible with BSDI 3.0 out of the box. I ran into the same problems 3 months ago. I just noticed that there may be a patch on their FTP site for fixing this problem. I'm in the process of looking for it. Glenn Smith URL: http://shadowland.hf.utexas.edu ResNet Network Administrator ResNet: http://resnet.utexas.edu Phone: (512) 471-1529 Email: gksmith@mail.utexas.edu