3C905B-TX Drivers?
Dr. Buchacher Anton
Information on how to install the driver for the network card. The machine
where I want to install Linux has a "3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX
Ethernet NIC (3C905B-TX)". AKAs are: Cyclone, Boomerang, EtherLink III XL,
3C905B-TX.
The Ethernet-HOWTO of LDP says that "the support for the Cyclone 'B'
revision was only recently added. To use this card with older v2.0 kernels,
you must obtain the updated 3c59x.c driver from Donald's site at:
Vortex-Page <http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html>
Actually, I don't need that update because SuSE Linux 6.1 has Kernel 2.2.5,
do I?
But http://support.3com.com/infodeli/inotes/techtran/e36e_5ea.htm says:
"3Com does not provide Linux drivers. Third party drivers are available on
the web:
1. The URL is http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
Note: Once on that web page click on:
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/3c59x.c to view
the source code"
3Com's latest driver is the EtherDisk 4.01b Release at:
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c90x401b.htm
At the moment I'm using the driver (it has been installed by a technician
while I wasn't at home and so nobody knows exactly what he did) from the
"EtherDisk (R) Diskette for the 3C90X Fast EtherLink XL/EtherLink XL Bus
Master NIC Family" under Windows98, which is so far buggy that BIOS can't
activate the NIC after a reboot. So I always have to quit Windows and press
the Reset button. But that's another problem.
So do I need the 3c95x.c driver or which driver can I use?
And how do I install it (before installing Linux, while installing Linux,
after installing Linux,...)?
You can also answer in German or French (though German and English are
preferable!).
I was delighted if you could also reply this E-mail to me (cuz I usually
don't have the time to read all the newsgroups to which I've sent this
mail).
Thank you very much.
Clemens Buchacher
cleb...@yahoo.com
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