On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 07:56:20PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.18.1814 +0100]: > > A useful trick is to go into the network modules directory (e.g. > > /lib/modules/2.4.17/drivers/net I think) and running: > > > > $ strings * | grep 3c905c > > > > That will list all files containing the string "3c905c", which will in > > most cases only be the single module which supports the hardware. > > definitely a good suggestion. but i wouldn't know *which* module > produced the match, would i? :) > > for i in *; do strings $i | grep -q 3c905c && echo $i; done > > i usually just try adding every module in turn. > > however, joe: if this is an ISA card, you might need to boot to DOS and > disabled the plug-and-play mode with the setup utility that shipped with > the card.
Just go to: ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/ 3Com is good to keep even the earliest drivers and config thingies. :) You can even get stuff for the 3c501 cards!! That's all the way back to 8-bit ISA..
