problems with 3Com NIC/6500

[Allan Streib]

Is that driver on the install CD or if not where do I get it.  I've built
kernels on intel systems before -- are there any how-to's for YDL that
might be of additional use?

Allan

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, David Tisdell wrote:

> Hi all,
> This raises a general issue around the install kernel.
> I have, on several occasions, done different installs
> with different PPC distributions and run into problems
> with hardware that is supported but not compiled into
> the install kernel. Sometimes I have swapped hardware
> out or removed it altogether so I could get an install
> to work. Maybe I am lacking in understanding but it
> would seem to me that the various distributions should
> use a kernel with the maximum amount of hardware
> support compiled in as the install kernel. If you need
> to recompile a kernel to get an install to work and
> you don't have a working box to compile a kernel on,
> what do you do? I have been a big fan of PPC hardware
> but I have to say that I have never run into this
> problem on PCI based Intel/Intel cloned hardware
> except when the hardware was so new that it wasn't yet
> supported in Linux.
> The issue seems to be especially true for PPC around
> nic, scsi, usb and firewire cards. I would love to see
> all of the distributions move to install kernels with
> broader hardware support compiled in. PPC linux will
> not catch on if one has to go through so many trials
> and tribulations to get it installed and working. I
> don't consider myself a newbie anymore but get
> enormously frustrated with PPC Linux installs when the
> hardware in the machine is different from what
> originally shipped. For example, if you install on a
> stock imac, things usually go pretty smoothly. If you
> attempt an install on an old world machine that has a
> firewire or usb card in it, forget about it until you
> remove the card, get the install done, and recompile
> the kernel with support for your card. Way to much
> work if you want to try and put a large number of
> boxes into a production environment. Just my $.02.
> Dave
> > Allan,
> > I have a 3com card (3c905) and works great. There
> > are no drivers for any
> > 3com cards for the MacOS. The stock kernel for YDL
> > 2.3 doesn=B9t have the 3co=
> > m
> > drivers complied in or set as modules. So, you=B9ll
> > have to compile a new
> > kernel with the drivers.
> >
> > Michael
>
>
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