NIC card problems (installing)

[Arturo Gruenebaum <ottogsf mindspring com>]

i'm trying to install a Linksys 10/100  etherfast LAN card
and am running  an RH server install from the 6.2 CD disks.

after mounting, copying , uncompressing, installing, and
transferring the driver files, the system does not detect the
device. i pretty much went step by step through all
documentation - adding the new driver files to the
'lib/modules/2.1.14-5.0/net/' directory, changing the
etc/conf.modules and unsuccessfully attempting to test
using 'insmod' command (as well as ipconfig).

there are three files that i added, the 'tulip.o', 'pci-scan.o', and
'kern_compat.h' files (in addition expanding an RPM file), and the only
thing i could not change was the L_OBJS entry in
'drivers/net/Makefile' because i couldn't find it. is this
entry done to the kernal file?

also there is a driver for for PCMCIA Cardbus support
that have yet to download and install, but would like one
of my tests to work on the base drivers before i add more
modules.

does anyone have any suggestions on how i can get this
card to work, or is it not worth the effort (i.e. not supported?).

thanks,

-arturo

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