Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-14 Thread zhang xu
---Collin Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >: how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my > >:Debian box? > > > >Quick answer? Use the 3c509 driver ... it's on the modules disk. > > > >However, you may need to grab the 3C5X9CFG.EXE utility from the 3com > >website (www.3com.com)

Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread David Wright
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, finn wrote: > Well, it's not _strictly_ necessary, unless you dual boot to Win95. > Win95 seems to get some sort of perverse pleasure out of reconfiguring > the 3C509 every time it boots up ... and this drives Linux absolutely > nuts (as it should). > > In addition, I've run

Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread finn
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Nils Rennebarth wrote: :On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 04:55:08AM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: :> On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: :> > how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my :> > Debian box? :> :> The simplest approach is to use the program "3c5x9cfg.exe" that come

Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 04:55:08AM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: > > how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my > > Debian box? > > The simplest approach is to use the program "3c5x9cfg.exe" that comes with > the DOS drivers to disable PnP support Why

Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread finn
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: :---Remco Blaakmeer :<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :> :> On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: :> :> > hi, :> > how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my :> > Debian box? :> :> The simplest approach is to use the program :"3c5x9cfg.exe" that comes with :

Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread zhang xu
---Remco Blaakmeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: > > > hi, > > how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my > > Debian box? > > The simplest approach is to use the program "3c5x9cfg.exe" that comes with > the DOS drivers to disable PnP support and

Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: > hi, > how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my > Debian box? The simplest approach is to use the program "3c5x9cfg.exe" that comes with the DOS drivers to disable PnP support and then use the standard driver for this card that comes with the kernel

Re: Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread finn
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, zhang xu wrote: :hi, : how can I install the 3c509b ethernet card on my :Debian box? Quick answer? Use the 3c509 driver ... it's on the modules disk. However, you may need to grab the 3C5X9CFG.EXE utility from the 3com website (www.3com.com) and reconfigure the NIC so it d

Newbie question-install ethernet card

1998-03-12 Thread zhang xu
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