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[Termina <termina AT gmail.com>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:06:19 +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
<3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org> wrote:
> Termina wrote:
> >
> > Would LILO work on a 486 machine?
> 
> Yes.  Actually the floppy version of BL3 boots
> with LILO and uses it for the HD installation.

Thanks, I found a lilo.tgz especially made for BL3. ^_^

> > How can I get my NIC working,
> 
> You need to insmod the correct module for your NIC.
> 
> > and set up my network?
> 
> After the insmod, you do:
> -------------------------
> ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1
> -------------------------
> That number is just an example.
> 
> > The README.txt says netsetup, but there is no
> > such command.
> 
> It's not a command.  It's an editable script.
> You'll find it in /root

I saw that, didn't work. ^_^ So I'll just have to install tulip and
hope that works =)

> > modprobe tulip gives me 'modprobe: not found'.
> 
> BasicLinux does not use modprobe, it uses insmod:
> ------------
> insmod tulip
> ------------
> But first you need to go to Slackware 7.1 and get
> tulip.o from the /modules/2.2.16/net directory.
> Put it in:  /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc

Ah, that's why the tulip.o I downloaded didn't work. <.< I was trying
slackware 3.5

> > Should I try to find another NIC?
> 
> No, if it's a tulip NIC, the tulip.o module should
> work (as long as you get it from Slackware 7.1).

Thanks alot for your help!

> Cheers,
> Steven
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