debian ?

[Benjamin Minshall]

The first thing to do is probably check the /var/log/dmesg file
for the log of boot messages.  If your card is supported or
partially supported, there may be some information in that log.
Could you post any relevant sections?  It would help in the
diagnosis.

-Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu
> [mailto:linux-user-admin@egr.msu.edu]On Behalf Of
> Daniel R . Kilbourne
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:47 PM
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: debian ?
>
>
> So, in my current fervor of trying to rid my/the world
> of RedHat, I have installed Debian potato on a machine
> at home to (once it gets working 100%) replace a
> RedHat box I have. Now, this is only the second time I
> have ever installed Debian. The first was a few months
> back on a work machine. It was done via FTP and
> everything went pretty smoothly. This time I installed
> it at home and, due to bandwidth constraints, I
> installed via CD. Again everything seemed to go
> smoothly, until I realised that Debian either skipped
> networking or does not like my NIC. There is no ether
> interface, only a loopback. So, debian experts, how do
> I set up my networking with Debian? (I believe the NIC
> is a 3COM which worked flawlessly under
> RedHat/Win2k/FreeBSD). Any hints?
>
>
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> Daniel R. Kilbourne
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