From: becker@super.org (Donald J. Becker) Subject: Re: NE2000 & TAMU - help wanted on how to. Date: 21 Mar 1993 15:07:36 GMT
In article <1og9tiINN1qf@golem.wcc.govt.nz> hamilton@golem.wcc.govt.nz (Michael Hamilton) writes:
>What's the story on installing the ne2000 drivers? Could some kind
>person give me a step-by-step procedure that I can supply to a
>colleague.
>
>I've given him a copy of TAMU (i.e. linux 0.99 pl4), and he's
>installed it at another site, and now I need to give him instructions
>on what to do to use ne2000 ("8390") stuff I've grabbed from sunsite.
You should become an alpha tester of the more recent device drivers on
'usra.edu' or 'ftp.super.org'. The sources there include include
installation instructions.
>What kernel level is needed and what other sources are required? The
>readme's help a lot, but I need to remove the need to experiment too
>much because I won't be there to help out.
For the user-level support, I recommend using the SLS/b1/tcpip.taz
package, since it's much easier to install. I've written updated
README files which can be found in:
ftp.super.org:/pub/linux/netinfo/*
Good luck.
-- Donald Becker becker@super.org Supercomputing Research Center 17100 Science Drive, Bowie MD 20715 301-805-7482