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to: ROBERT DIGGLE
from: MIKE BILOW
date: 1997-08-29 07:36:00
subject: PCI Network card

Robert Diggle wrote in a message to All:
 RD> I have bought a 12 quid NetVin PnP PCI Ethernet Card (NE2000
 RD> comp), but I can't get Linux to recognise it. It works fine
 RD> under DOS. Do I have to get the Unix drivers and recompile
 RD> my kernal?
Try disabling PnP using the DOS utilities and specify the relevant parameters 
to the Linux kernel as "boot" arguments.  There are several HOWTO documents 
you should read which cover networking and the boot prompt.
 
-- Mike
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