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> > Folks, if you're not already, please be sure you're running with
> > the 0.99F (latest beta) driver.  (It works well with my 3C905B.)
> 
> Can you please post the 3c95x.o for this (web site, e.g.) - or you can send it
> to me as an attachment. I currently have 0.99E that someone compiled, but I
> have no experience yet at compiling on Linux (want to get the system working
> well first... ;-)

I did get a copy sent to me, saw it this morning, but last night I installed
the kernel-headers and gcc packages and compiled the driver quite painlessly
myself (0.99G).

However, it still does not work right. It still fails to get the DHCP-assigned
address initially, then sendmail hangs and times out, etc., but about 8 (slow)
minutes later, I finally get the login prompt. Then ifconfig shows that I did
get an IP address, but it's always different than the same one I get all the
time with Win98.

If I muck around with the card settings (set to 100BaseTX, then back to
auto-detect, run diagnostics) under DOS boot using 3C90XCFG, then the following
Linux boots get a DHCP address fine, and it's the "right" one (i.e. the same
one I always get that seems to be hashed from my MAC address since it follows
the card between systems). However, if I boot Win98, subsequent Linux boots
don't work any more, until I muck with the card again. I even tried switching
slots, still no luck. Once I get it working, it always fails consistently after
I boot Win98. What the h3ll is Win98 doing to the card such that the Linux
driver can't get it back?

I suppose this weekend I will start trying to figure out how to debug the
driver. Is there a way to not load the driver at boot time? What files do I
change? Then I do an insmod and ifup after logging in?

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