RH 9 & an983 based NIC

ravana

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Does anyone know where I can find drivers for an ADMTek card with this chip and how to install them.

I am making slow progress with this linux business ;)

Atleast I can dual boot now, although I have no network access under RH9

Thanks for your help in advance!
 

pitupepito2000

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I am not a linux guru, but this is what I would do:
1. go into a shell
2. ping 127.0.0.1 which should verify your ip/stack or functionality of your nic
3. issue the command "su" and enter the root password
4. enter the command "modprobe tulip" (without the quotes)
5. ifconfig -a to check your ip configuration
6. if step 4 didn't work I would keep trying more of the /lib/modules for nic cards
7. if you don't have any of the modules:
"su" (enter root password)
mkdir /tmp/netdrivers/
cd /tmp/netdrivers/
ncftpget ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/netdrivers.tgz
tar xfvz netdrivers.tgz
make
make install


I hope this helps,
pitupepito

Sometimes finding the right nic driver is just a matter of trial and error.
 

ravana

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Hey pitupepito,

thanks for that little guide, but I am having problems at step 4 :(

It gives me an error about modprobe, does downloading netdrivers.tgz fix this problem.

Also I dont have any network access, so when I copy it to an windows floppy and then try to mount it, it gives me an error about that mount "mounts a file system and not a device" or something like that. What is the correct way to read an msdos floppy in redhat?

If not I am pretty sure I chose the complete RH9 install so I am hoping everything has been installed on that PC
 

drag

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What is the error? If it is module not found or something like that, then you may try "depmod -a" command as root (it relooks for any new modules you've installed), then try it again.

For the floppy... try this command (I'll assume that you want to mount it at /mnt/floppy.. otherwise change it to suit you)

mount /dev/fd01440 /mnt/floppy

If it gives you a error you may have to tell what type of file format to use... like -t msdos..... Check out the man file (man mount) to make sure.
 

ravana

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Problem fixed!!!

I logged out of my user account and logged directly as root
did the modprobe tulip and it worked

thanks for your help guys!

ravana

edit:

Anyone know how to get the nforce2 NIC to work I have an MSI k7ng2-L?