Re: Re[6]: [cobalt-users] Network Card For OS Restore

[Daniel Mohni <daniel@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, COMPUTICA wrote:
>
> >     Yes, the Tx/Rx light flashes every once in awhile....
> >
> > So, if I don't get the message from the OS Restore CD that no valid
> > network card is available, my card will work?
> >
> > So maybe I should just not be lazy and go make another crossover cable
> > and use that???
> >
> > Or can the network card still be an issue??
>  I would bet on the NIC.
>  Try a different one.
>  You know, sometimes it's not the actual hardware but the driver,
>  the Cobalt cd is using a very old version of Debian, and it probably
>  has a driver that will only work with particular cards
>
> Gerald

Take care that your PC where your are running the OS Restore CD has 
only one NIC
installed, I had similar problems when I tried to Restore my Qube from 
a PC
with two NIC Cards. I looks like it checks for a supported NIC but it 
didn't
listen on the supported one.

After removing the second NIC everything worked fine...

Daniel