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don quixada l33t
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Would bad hardware also cause other (offboard) NICs not to connect?
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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don quixada l33t
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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OK!! I finally got it working with an Intel NIC!!!
The offboard NIC I originally got was a TP-link with a Realtek chipset which was virtually the same as my onboard LAN chip-- at least it tried to load the same driver.
Now the question is that if I can build a Realtek driver that actually interfaces properly with my mobo LAN chip... Now that I have access to portage...! yay!
Still, I'm concerned that if there is a faulty mobo, I only have a limited time to bring it back to the store for a simple exchange. I don't want to deal with warranty shenanigans if I can help it...
Is there a program that can test various hardware for potential issues?
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not aware of this kind of program. Although you could try pfSense which is not Linux (it's FreeBSD) and can be run from CD or USB stick, and OpenBSD is known as supporting wide range of hardware, you could try that, too. Solaris is out there, too. _________________ My Gentoo installation notes.
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mlybarger Guru
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i have the same mobo and have been pulling my hair out trying to install 64bit linux on it. that last 64bit linux machine i built was a dual opteron system ages ago, and i don't remember this much troubles.
i've followed several posts on iommu settings both in the bios and on the boot directive. neither work. i tried the one wireless nic that i have and it didn't seem to be recognized. i'll go buy a pci network card and see how that works.
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