Subject: Re: Configuration errors after successful install
From: Ed Jaeger (ed.jaeger@bgcorp.com)
Date: Sun May 14 2000 - 22:28:33 MDT
You will find that, with Linux. when a vendor provides a "Linux" device
driver in binary form they are almost aways providing a "Linux/x86"
driver and know not of Linux on other hardware. While YDL is based on
RedHat, Intel binaries will _not_ run. However, compiling from source
is always available if the source is.
If your card is recognized by the drivers compiled into the stock kernel
you will see this during bootup (or you can type "less /var/log/dmesg"
and look for it there). In that case it's just a matter of configuring
the card for ip address(es), nameservers, gateways, etc. & bringing it
up. I use "control-panel" (run from an xterm as root) rather than
editing the config files by hand.
If your card is not recognized at boot time the next info you will need
is the chipset used by the card. Sometimes knowing the maker and model
is sufficient.
John Price wrote:
>
> Our card came with a CD full of drivers, among them a Linux driver. I'm
> assuming there is an installation script on the CD that will put the driver
> in the proper place, but then I'm starting to learn not to assume such
> things with Linux. I have the Red Hat Admin Beginner's book that came with
> a version of Red Hat for my PC. I plan to read the section on networking
> tonight. Any other suggestions?
>
> John D. Price
> jprice@floop.com
> http://www.floop.com
>
--- Ed Jaeger"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought."
-- Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
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