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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

>   Pity !   I am still trying to find out what module(s) I can use to
> get either BL3 or BL2 to fire up the unknown ethernet on the motherboard
> of my new machine. It is a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 with a nForce4-4X chipset.
> Newer distros (SW 10, Knoppix 5, Suse 10, Ubuntu) all take it in their
> stride, but neither BL3 or DOS can even spot the bloody thing !
>
> Regards,
>        Ron

I gave up on a recent onboard ethernet chip and put in a PCI card.

A Polish forum suggests that you have a CICADA8210 Gigabit LAN by nforce 
which requires module forcedeth.  Not available in kernel 2.2 source code. 
I found something about a backport/patch for 2.4.24 and it should work in 
kernel 2.4.26.

If you don't mind switching to my kernel 2.4.31 I could try to compile it 
for you.  If you have a SW 10 CD you could compile your own kernel and 
modules.

Sindi