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From: J. Blair (REMOVETHISjblair_at_mail.utexas.edu)
Date: 02/11/04
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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 14:23:43 -0600
"J. Blair" <REMOVETHISjblair@mail.utexas.edu> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to do a "network install" of Debian Linux on my computer. (If
> you're not familiar with the process, you basically boot from floppy
disks,
> then configure your NIC and download the rest of the install files.)
> Getting my NIC functioning is essential, but for some reason I can't get
it
> to work.
>
> The NIC was in the computer before I got it and bears no obvious
brand-name.
> In Win98SE, it's listed as an "Intel 21041 based ethernet controller." My
> guess it's got a DEC 21041 chip in it, and I further guess that tulip is
the
> correct driver to install. That seems to get added to the kernel
correctly,
> but then when it tries to use DHCP to configure the network settings
(subnet
> mask, gateway, etc.), it doesn't find the DHCP server. (Windows finds it,
> no problem.)
Alright, so after struggling with it for about a week, I fixed my own
problem. If you're having the same problem I am, try this:
First, I moved the NIC to the PCI slot closest to the processor. I read
somewhere else that might help. Then, I installed the pci-scan-scyld
driver, followed by the tulip-scyld driver. My card was then able to find
the DHCP server and configure itself correctly.
Hook 'em,
James
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