----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Spearel" <kas11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Your K8V has a 3c940 chip on the motherboard. IIRC, much of the 3c2000 > driver was taken from the sk98lin driver originally written by > Syskonnect to support their wide range of network interface cards, at > least one of which uses the 3c940. > > There were issues with the sk98lin at various points during the run up > to FC1 release and there have been points since were it got broken...but > these have always be quickly fixed...the RH/Fedora people in charge of > these issues are exceptionally responsive. > > Anyhow, the Sk98lin driver was functioning fine with an updated FC1 > system although getting to this point from the FC1 release CDs might > require installation with a $10 Realtek card or something in order to > acquire the updates...once FC1 is fully updated, the 3c940 on your K8V > will work with the sk98lin driver. The sk98lin driver supports a wide > variety of hardware but is the Fedora supported driver for the 3c940. > > If you decide to switch to FC2 Test 3, the installer will find your > hardware and install the sk98Lin driver automagically. Test 3 is > working very well with my K8V. > > HTH, > KAS Thanks for the clairification on all the chips etc. Helps a lot. Once things settle down a little with the FC2 T3 I may download and switch over but at the moment I'll cut my teeth on this version. I am in the process of running up2date but can't seem to tell if it is acutally installing the rpms. Time to go searching again through the archives. Thanks to all, I've got a FUN weekend ahead of me. Dave
