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RH72 and integrated ethernet adapter
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| Andrew 2005-09-30, 5:56 pm |
| Hi
I have to get Redhat 7.2 working on my Dell Dimension 4700 PC. I
completed the installation successfully.
My Dell has an integrated Intel Etherfast 100 adapter on the
motherboard. Redhat 72 does not detect this network device. I think the
required driver is called "e100". When I go into the network device
setup gui in RH72, I can select the correct Etherfast device from the
list. But the next gui page asks for IRQs, DMA numbers etc. As I
understand it, these are only needed for non-integrated NICs.
Regardless of the numbers I enter, hitting OK yeilds an error message
saying "the device could not be initialized".
Can anyone point me in the right direction for getting that integrated
network adapter running under Redhat 72?
Thanks,
Andrew.
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| Moe Trin 2005-09-30, 8:48 pm |
| In the Usenet newsgroup redhat.networking.general, in article
<1128100430.932742.161770@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Andrew wrote:
Please don't spew - most of the "news groups" you include are unused mirrors
of mailing lists. Followup set to linux.redhat - which at least has traffic.
>I have to get Redhat 7.2 working on my Dell Dimension 4700 PC. I
>completed the installation successfully.
RH7.2 was released on 22 Oct 2001, and support ended on 31 Dec 2003.
Out of box, it had a 2.4.7-10 kernel, and during the life, that kernel
was replaced _17_ times. Your version is decidedly obsolete. Use
something current.
>My Dell has an integrated Intel Etherfast 100 adapter on the
>motherboard. Redhat 72 does not detect this network device. I think the
>required driver is called "e100".
Possible - try 'lspci -vv' and see what you can see.
>When I go into the network device setup gui in RH72, I can select the
>correct Etherfast device from the list. But the next gui page asks for
>IRQs, DMA numbers etc. As I understand it, these are only needed for
>non-integrated NICs.
Correct - the problem is that the old kernel can't for some reason see
the card.
>Regardless of the numbers I enter, hitting OK yeilds an error message
>saying "the device could not be initialized".
Above
>Can anyone point me in the right direction for getting that integrated
>network adapter running under Redhat 72?
I can NOT recommend doing so - 7.2 is that old - but you may need a
newer kernel. There have been a lot of changes since that release came
out. Why do you feel you must use it? I don't believe that the errata
is even available any more, and that means you'd need to go to the
sources to get updated software.
Old guy
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