RD> I have bought a 12 quid NetVin PnP PCI Ethernet Card 
 RD> (NE2000 comp), but I can't get Linux to recognise it. 
 RD> It works fine under DOS. Do I have to get the Unix 
 RD> drivers and recompile my kernal?
If you have Redhat, NE2000 support is included in the default kernal. If you 
have Slackware, you have to select one of the kernals that has network 
support to boot with. I don't remember how Debian does it.
The more likely problem is that your kernal isn't probing in the right place 
for your net card. Check your CMOS - PCI display, or do a "cat /proc/pci" to 
see what the IRQ and base address are for your net card/PCI slot. Once you 
know that;
- if you are reinstalling, tell it the address/irq to probe
- otherwise, have lilo issue a 
  ether=[irq],[addr],[interface] 
command. If your PCI net card is on IRQ 9, address 0x6000 and is the 1st 
ard;
  ether=9,0x6000,eth0
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