Samuel MacDonald wrote: > I can't seam to get the network running when installing > I booted the CD and typed "gentoo dopcmcia" > It found the pcmcia sockets but it does not find the Xircom IIps > > I'm a bit lost at this point because I don't know which driver to use > for the Xircom IIps > I looked in the /lib/modules/'name' /kernel/net. > Or even if I have a choice or if I have to wait for another point in > the installation. > Sam- I had toruble with a Xircom card and gentoo also then card would beep during boot and lights would flash when it came up, but nothing would work... It's at work now so I'll try to repspond tomorrow if I can.... but I think i got around it by booting up, opening a term, su - to root then issuing a : ifconfig eth0 up and a dhcpcd eth0 > I created the partitions and will format them tomorrow, time for bed. > > The Laptop is a > Compaq Armada 7770 DMT > Pentium 233mmx, 80mb RAM, 3 gig of disk > > It's missing the right "Shift" key but that's really not a problem. > > Sam. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list