Re: [cobalt-users] Problem with restore-cd

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

Brad Rathbun <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
ON: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 11:19 AM


> I agree with the advice below.
>
> 1) Either use a crossover cable or a hub between the Raq and the PC
> 2) Try several NICs. Make sure they are 100BaseTx, 10BaseT doesn't seem to
> work
> 3) It's immediate and obvious when it works. Light flicker, display changes,
> etc.
>
> I used an Intel PCI card and it worked great. But that was after I tried
> about 6 other cards first.    ;^)
> -----------------------------------------------
IMHO, you can't beat the Netgear FA310TX (Tulip 21143-based) card, they work,
and they are inexpensive!
Worked so good we updated all our nodes to 100MB using the Netgear card.
NOTE: Do Not use the tulip driver provided with most Linux distributions.