Another possibility is that the nic has been set to a set state from the
previous OS. You might try booting from a dos floppy and resetting the
nic with the 3com utility diskette. I had this problem with a few 3com
nics. Or pull down Donald Becker's nic utilities and see if it can
actually communicate with the nic.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:hutchins@opus1.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 8:31 AM
> To: 'Duane Attaway'; Aldis A. Tuck
> Cc: Kansas City Linux Users Group
> Subject: RE: loading or installing net module
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Duane Attaway [mailto:dattaway@attaway.net]
> 
> > If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS 
> setup disk to
> > disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default media type.
> 
> I thought most distributions included P&P handlers since 
> about 1989 or so.
> 
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