[WBEL-users] 3com 3c2000 NIC driver compile help:

[Rafael Baquero S.]

I am not familiar with the 3com 3c2000 nic but the following steps should 
work:

i) Copy the driver 3c2000.o to /lib/modules/2.4.21-20.EL/kernel/drivers/net
ii) Add the line
      alias eth0 3c2000
  to your /etc/modules.conf file.

When the system reboots your nic should be detected.

The fact that this driver is present in suse 9.1 but not in wbel is because 
not all of the drivers are compiled in rhel, only the supported hardware is 
compiled. You will have to get the unsupported drivers rpm (I am not sure 
where you can find it) or compile the drivers from source.

Regards.

Rafael.


On Tuesday 26 October 2004 07:42, Kyle Gasho wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to compile and install a NIC driver for a 3com 3c2000
> (10/100/1000) NIC.
>
> http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/3c2000/usr_guide.pdf
>
> The steps on the install guide says to extract the source then type
> "make" then type "make load".
>
> All this seems to work well, however when the system reboots it does not
> detect the NIC,
>
> Do I need to move the 3c2000.o file somewhere? Or is there some command
> to make the Kernel see it?
>
> On a side note WBEL R1 does not see this card during the install, but
> SuSe 9.1 does can someone tell me why this is?
>
> Also is there a way to install the driver during install? There is no
> driver disk available for this NIC on 3com web site.
>
> ....any help is appreciated
>
>
> Thank-you
>
>
>
>
>
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