RH9 and MSI K7N2G-L motherboard (NIC Problem)

[ravana]

So I thought I'd start using linux on atleast one machine all the time, so I took 2k off this machine and installed RH9. Everything went fine except for the network. Didnt detect the NIC right, so first I tried a couple of generic ones, didnt work. Next I tried downloading the rpm that nvidia has to a non-joliet format cd so that i could install the rpm and have all the recommended drivers on the PC. But everytime I burn the CD (using Nero) and try to copy the RPM off the CD to the PC it gives me an error. If I try to run the rpm directly off the CD it gives me an error saying that it is not a valid rpm(am i doing something wrong in burning the CD?).

So far my understanding from all the stuff I have read online is that it has to do with the chip. If anyone can either help me find out what driver that comes with RH9 will work with the NIC or what i need to do to get this NIC going I would really appreciate it.

ravana.

 

[drag]

Ya those nforces can be a bit of a pain. Could be that the RPM filename gets mangled from the mircosoft naming conventions. You may need to name it back to the correct name if that happens.

Try burning the cd at the slowest rate, sometimes it helps.. also try redownloading the file with the right-click save as: stuff to make sure that it downloads ok. then put both versions on the cd.

Also if the rpm doesn't install right, go ahead and download and install using the source tarball.

get it on your computer...
tar zxfv filename
to expand it into a normal folder
go into the new directory and type:
./configure
make
make install
depmod -a

that should install it. Sometimes those RPM aren't realy that hot.

The name of the driver for nforce2 boards are nvnet... you try out

modprobe nvnet

if it loads it will give a mention about a tainted kernel due to the closed source module.
then try these commands if you want double check stuff to make sure that it works ok..

ifconfig eth0 you.ip.address
route add default gw you.gateway's.ip.address

then edit the /etc/resolve.conf file and put your dns server's ip address in there.

Then you have the linux network fully configured by hand, once that is working then you can go ahead and use redhat's netconf or linuxconf or whatever to make it perminate.