ArtVandelay
12-07-2002, 02:00 AM
Hello Folks. I'm a Newbie!
Anyways, I've got the network card specified in the subject line.
The Red Hat 8.0 installation failed to acknowledge the existance of the network card
I'm been a windows user for 5 or 6 years, by the way, so there's going to be heavy learning curves here!
After doing some research on google, it was determined that I needed to get a kernel module called rtl8139.c
I've never installed one of these "kernel modules" before, and all I know about it is it's a C program, that uses libraries that I, as of yet, don't understand!
I found a web site that tells me how to compile/install this module
in red hat 6.x or 7.x.
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=488
So for red hat 8.0, which of these two methods (if any) should I use? I can only make an educated guess that the method for 7.x will be the one to go with, since it's the more recent version prior to 8.0. :)
option 3 is to scrap red hat, and install mandrake, since rumour has it that it's install *will* detect this card. I'm leaving this as a last resort though, since I'd rather learn something than just take the easy way out. Also, I'll probably be installing new hardware on a somewhat regular basis, so I'm going to have to learn sooner or later.
Thanks in advance,
Art!
Anyways, I've got the network card specified in the subject line.
The Red Hat 8.0 installation failed to acknowledge the existance of the network card
I'm been a windows user for 5 or 6 years, by the way, so there's going to be heavy learning curves here!
After doing some research on google, it was determined that I needed to get a kernel module called rtl8139.c
I've never installed one of these "kernel modules" before, and all I know about it is it's a C program, that uses libraries that I, as of yet, don't understand!
I found a web site that tells me how to compile/install this module
in red hat 6.x or 7.x.
http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=488
So for red hat 8.0, which of these two methods (if any) should I use? I can only make an educated guess that the method for 7.x will be the one to go with, since it's the more recent version prior to 8.0. :)
option 3 is to scrap red hat, and install mandrake, since rumour has it that it's install *will* detect this card. I'm leaving this as a last resort though, since I'd rather learn something than just take the easy way out. Also, I'll probably be installing new hardware on a somewhat regular basis, so I'm going to have to learn sooner or later.
Thanks in advance,
Art!