Re: RH 9.0 network card not detected

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Chris Hewitt wrote:
> Bob Young wrote:
>
> > I am trying to install RH 9.0 Professional workstation (purchased from 
> > Best
> > Buy) and I am running into 2 problems.  The first, the program will not
> > install unless I run linux mem=384M.  I then change to LILO and add the
> > mem=384M as an option.  I have never had to do this on versions I have
> > downloaded in the past.  Then once I do get it loaded it will not 
> > detect my
> > network adapter.  I have tried manually to install it but it will not
> > activate.  It says it can't find it.  I am using a Dell 8100 with 512 
> > M of
> > RAM and a Xircom PCMCIA card.  What am I doing wrong?  I thought by 
> > buying
> > this ligetimate copy that everything would work fine.  Please help or 
> > point
> > me in the right direction.  Thanks.
> Bob,
>
> What error do you get without the mem=384M option? If it is a signal 11 
> then you might have some bad ram above 384M. In this case try running 
> memtest86 from www.memtest86.com.
>
> There are a collection of installation issues that may help at 
> http://www.rhil.net/docs/rhil-guide.html and there are some references 
> somewhere specifically on installing RedHat on a laptop (I don't have 
> one so I don't know the reference, a google search should reveal it).

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com
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