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Any Linux Live distros that support 3com Gigabit NIC's ?

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deftron

Lifer
Trying to put Knoppix or something on GF's computer, but no network support (3com Gigabit motherboard integrated)

She doesn't have afloppy or USB drive so copying driveers will be more trouble than it's worth


Does anyone have this NIC and able to use any Linux Live distros ?
 
Weird info I found, may be related ...

> I posted this information on the forum without any response.
> The network card in my IBM Thinkpad A21m is a 3Com 556B mini PCI combo
> card (ethernet & modem). I have no interest in the modem side... (dumb
> winmodem) but the ethernet adapter worked OK in Knoppix 3.2 & 3.3. I
> checked the 3c59x.o driver's file size and it is the same in 3.3 and
3.4
> so I'm guessing that it hasn't changed. Something has however as it is
> detected differently. Here is the output of lspci -v from the laptop
under
> 3.3 and 3.4.
> Does anyone have any idea what changed to cause this to fail?
>
> Knoppix 3.3 initialises the card correctly (3Com Corporation 3c556B
> Hurricane CardBus) and I get an IP address from the dhcp server.
However
> the card is not detected correctly in Knoppix 3.4 (3Com Corporation
3c556B



Anyone know where to get Knoppix 3.3? I guess it's pretty old by now.

 
Look for sk98lin.ko under /lib/modules/<kernel version>/kernel/drivers/net

That is the module you want, if it is there then just do a modprobe sk98lin

and you will be in business.
 
It's SysKonnect and Marvell based (according to OpenBSD). It looks like it's supported. You can try the sk98lin module (modprove sk98lin).
 
Well, I know that a 3com gigabit ethernet driver [3Com 3C985(B)] is in the kernel. It will be called acenic (a bunch of companies' chipsets must be similar).
 
Originally posted by: bersl2
Well, I know that a 3com gigabit ethernet driver [3Com 3C985(B)] is in the kernel. It will be called acenic (a bunch of companies' chipsets must be similar).
Click to expand...

That's an alteon based NIC. 😉
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: bersl2
Well, I know that a 3com gigabit ethernet driver [3Com 3C985(B)] is in the kernel. It will be called acenic (a bunch of companies' chipsets must be similar).
Click to expand...

That's an alteon based NIC. 😉
Click to expand...

I was thinking that 3C985(B) was a chipset name, but then I read the kernel config help blurb again. But I saw the Alteon name the first time through, so I'm just being a lesser grade idiot than it would seem.
 
Gentoo 2004.3 has the sk98lin module built in. With hotplug enabled by default it should come up automatically... but you won't have any gui or anything...
 
Went with Suse Live cause the modules built in, and the interface is much more user friendly.
My girlfriend is a first time Linux user, but loves the open source idea.
She's very anti huge corporation, so she's trying to get away from Windows
Linux is like an organic OS for her. I'll probably install on the HD if she likes it.



 
Originally posted by: bersl2
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Originally posted by: bersl2
Well, I know that a 3com gigabit ethernet driver [3Com 3C985(B)] is in the kernel. It will be called acenic (a bunch of companies' chipsets must be similar).
Click to expand...

That's an alteon based NIC. 😉
Click to expand...

I was thinking that 3C985(B) was a chipset name, but then I read the kernel config help blurb again. But I saw the Alteon name the first time through, so I'm just being a lesser grade idiot than it would seem.
Click to expand...

I wouldn't associate the word "idiot" with your orignal post. 😉
 
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