Re: detecting > 64M on x86

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From: grep@calvin.oriole.sbay.org (George Bonser)
Subject: Re: "Linksys" Ethernet card - bad NE2k clone
Date: 30 Dec 1996 22:40:40 GMT
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I, too have been using LinkSys cards without problems. (debian 1.2 w/Linux
2.0.27).

I have not run the cards with kernels older than 2.0.6, though.

In article <XFMail.961223121333.dmcgown@access.digex.net>,
"David R. McGown" <dmcgown@access.digex.net> writes:
>
> I have been using the LinkSys Ether 16 Lan Card on a couple of Linux machines
> with absolutely no problems. The kernel autodetects it fine. You may just
> have a defective card or something else is wrong.
>
> David
>
> On 22-Dec-96 Nicholas J. Leon wrote:
>>
>>I tried mailing D. Becker directly, but it bounced
>>[becker@cesdis.gsfe.nasa.gov].:
>>
>>Hi!
>>
>>I was wondering if there was anything I could do to get my bad ne2k
>>clone to work. Upon boot, I get the message
>>
>>..... invalid signature (14 32)
>>
>>and it gives up after that. Am I hopelessly lost? I tried hacking the
>>kernel to just continue after that, but it oops'd :-/
>>
>>Linux 2.0.22 ....
>>
>>card reads "LinkSys Ether 16 Lan Card", a 16bit isa card.
>>
>>
>>N!
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Nicholas J. Leon nicholas@binary9.net
>>"Elegance through Simplicity" http://www.binary9.net/nicholas
>>
>> "Winning could take ages, but you gotta see
>> your name in the high score places."
>
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