Installing Intel Network Card on RedHat Linux 9

[Ed Greshko]

Shiraz Baig wrote:
> I have still not been able to install Intel Network
> Card. The name of the card is:
>    "Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection"
> This is the name that is shown in the MS Windows and
> it is working prefectly over there. 
> 
> I tried to use eepro.o and eepro100.o modules in
> Linux. But it gives a number of errors. The first one
> being init_module, device not found. 
> 
> It is using IRQ 20. In the Linux there are only 15
> IRQs. So, that also puts me at a loss to understand
> how will Linux use IRQ 20. Of course, if Linux had
> picked it up itself, it would allocate some different
> IRQ. 
> 
> It is installed in computer Rafflesystems, who claim
> it to be branded system. I am not sure, if it is.
> 
> So, please advice is requested, 
>   1) How to install this network card?
>   2) What IRQ to use or at least how to manage the 
>      IRQ?

http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-006103.htm

seems to indicate that the e100 is the driver you need...not eepro100



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