Re: [K12OSN] Boot Disks

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Bryan VonDeylen wrote:

>
>I have a Dell with a 3Com Etherlink III 3c509b-tpo ISA ethernet card installed
>
>I haven't gotten a boot disk created that will work with this machine
>
>I then tried a Compaq Deskpro 4000 which has a built in ethernet card on the motherboard
>
>I have no idea what kind of card it is
>

If these machines have windows installed, then look through the control 
panel for the network settings.  Here you will find precisely what card 
it is.

>I have tried tulip - I only get an error message "no adapter found(sleep)"
>I also tried the 3c509 with the same error message
>

ok, you are on the right track.  Be aware, that if these machines will 
PXE, network boot from the BIOS, then your job will be so much easier. 
 Simply select the "network boot" option in the BIOS, save, and reboot.

Welcome to Linux.  8-)

regards,
Steve




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