> > I believe that you remember incorrectly. The NE2000 drivers (ISA and PCI) are > not built into the installation kernel, but must be loaded as modules during > the "Configure Device Driver Modules" step.
Opps! It's been a while. Thanks for catching that. > Finally, a few cards that claim to be NE2000 compatible aren't really; I > seem to recall encountering both "Lance" and "RTL8139" cards that claimed > on the packaging to be NE2000-compatible; if all else fails, can you read > the chip names off of any VLSI chips on your network card? Unfortunately, > they are sometimes covered with black texta or "Certified by Novell" > stickers. Yep. Bought one of these cards. NetSurf GFC2206, I think. I peeled back the Novell sticker to find a RTL8139 chip. All this after bugging the "Tulip Card" mailing list for a week. Felt damn stupid after Donald Becker answered several of my messages, only to find I was barking up the wrong tree. Bryan
