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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!News1.Vancouver.iSTAR.net!News1.Edmonton.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!gallifrey.nl2k.ab.ca!not-for-mail From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Can't find network card Date: 3 Jul 1997 06:28:57 -0600 Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 36 Message-ID: <5pg5u9$sek@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> References: <jcaECCBuy.M9q@netcom.com> <5pf9vt$n1m$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: doctor.nl2k.ab.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:7073 In article <5pf9vt$n1m$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, Glenn Smith <gksmith@mail.utexas.edu> wrote: >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. > > In order to get this patch, you need to be a BSDI supported user. > > >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 -- God, Queen and Country NEVER Satan, President and Republic Hating Bachelor's Living Republicanism is Satanism: Satan wants to usurp God from his throne just like republicans are out to dismiss monarchies. http://www.nl2k.ab.ca/~doctor Save the World and Civilization; REPUBLICS DISSOLVE!