SuSE Technologists, Can anybody help with getting a NIC running in 9.1 on a Compaq 1850R. I have inherited two of these robust servers which I would like to press into service as files servers. Being aware of the problem with the hwprobe lockup I have disabled (via SmartStart CD V4.22) the onboard NIC (tlan), 9.1 still detects it and auto loads the module, but that is all. Re-enabling the NIC once you have installed the OS only yeilds a lockup during boot. This rules out the onboard NIC totally. The most current ROMpaq has also been applied. I have fitted a 3c905 (3c59x) NIC but it goes undetected!. 'modinfo' indicates a 'Compaq BIOS problem workaround' is needed via modprobe, but I think this may not work for the 2.6 Kernel. Can someone help? parm: compaq_device_id:3c59x PCI device ID (Compaq BIOS problem workaround) parm: compaq_irq:3c59x PCI IRQ number (Compaq BIOS problem workaround) parm: compaq_ioaddr:3c59x PCI I/O base address (Compaq BIOS problem workaround) James Ogley indicates that just simply fitting the a 3c905 will work, I would like know how this was achieved. Several other NICs have been fitted, to varying PCI slots as well. None are detected! The need for a later version of the SmartStart CD with a cfg file suited to the 3c905 may be a solution, support for the 1850r disappears after version 5.x of the CD, the only download (approx 300M) I can find is for V7 and that is on the HP-Compaq site. Help appreciated. Paul Ketelaar Mackay Queensland Australia.