Thanks alot Matt,
I guess now you clearfied for us what's is really wrong with this card ,
hope to hear the positive posting from you soon, I had almost the same
replies from users who joins #Linux on IRC Efnet servers.
Pat
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> The 3C905B-TX card (otherwise known as the Cyclone) has a
>different (read newer) chipset than that of the 3C905-TX. I have a new
>Dell machine with an onboard 3C905B-TX that I've been fighting
constantly
>with now. I ended up having to put in a spare 3C900 (boomerang) just to
>get the machine on the net. Donald Becker (who writes the 3Com drivers
for
>Linux, as I understand it) has been kind enough so far to help me try
to
>diagnose what's wrong with it, and I'll be happy to post any positive
>results, if you're interested...
>
>Matt
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>On Tue, 12 May 1998, David S Edwards wrote:
>
>> Well from my own personal experience, I could not get the 3c905B-TX
to run
>> on RH 5.0 with an Intel 440 LX motherboard. I swear I tried
everything. I
>> ended up getting a 3c905-TX (one without the "B") and RH 5.0
auto-detected
>> it the first time, right out of the box. So I'm wondering if 3Com
changed
>> something along the way with the 3c905B-TX that make Linux not see it
>> correctly....
>>
>> david
>>
>> At 03:29 AM 5/12/98 PDT, you wrote:
>> >Hi all,
>> >
>> >am trying to install RedHat 5.0 via FTP, using my ethernet card
model
>> >3c905B-TX by 3com , since I can't get RedHat to auto prob it could
>> >someone please help me using the addition kernel command option,
knowing
>> >that it's on IRQ 11 and using I/O 400 or E400.
>> >
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Pat
>> >
>> >
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