I picked the Intel EtherExpress Pro because it was on Suse's compatibility
list. I have not had any problem. Are you talking about the "pro" model?
----- Original Message -----
From: "H Sutter" <sutter_h@popmail.firn.edu>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:26 AM
Subject: RE: [SLUG] Thanks
> Don't feel to bad about not getting that NIC to work with Linux, the early
> versions don't work with M$ ME or early 2K even with the updated drivers.
>
> Henry A. Sutter
> Hillsborough County Schools
> Title 1
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> "You expect me to build a memonic memory device with ..stone knives and
> bearskins" SPOCK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Bob File
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 9:55 AM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Thanks
>
>
> On Saturday 02 June 2001 21:41, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> > Thanks to those who helped me with my computer today at the Port Richie
>
> I didn't actually help much, but you're certainly welcome. I thought that
> was
> a pretty good meeting, considering 3 different people brought machines and
> got help. One person there wanted Linux to use an INtel Ether Express card
> (NIC) and he tried 3 different distributions with no luck. I felt bad
> because I couldn't help him. He had several different OSs on the computer
> and
> Linux was the only one that refused to use the NIC.
> Would anyone know about these cards? Do you have to pass a parameter to
> insmod to get different versions of the card to work? I think there was a
> module on there when he got done with the last distro install (RH7.1)
called
> eepro.o , but using modprobe eepro only gave errors and ifconfig listed
> nothing for eth0.
>
>
>
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