ftp install on an nforce2 mobo
I have an Epox 8RDA+ motherboard with onboard LAN and sound. The LAN and sound are NVIDIA (nvnet and nvaudio) components. I would like to try the ftp install using the boot.iso but my nic is not recognized nor is it in the list provided on the cd. Any tips for how to get my nic working to install via ftp would be appreciated. TIA Craig
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 16 December 2003 04:22 pm, Craig Lien wrote:
I have an Epox 8RDA+ motherboard with onboard LAN and sound. The LAN and sound are NVIDIA (nvnet and nvaudio) components. I would like to try the ftp install using the boot.iso but my nic is not recognized nor is it in the list provided on the cd. Any tips for how to get my nic working to install via ftp would be appreciated.
You would need to compile the driver aginst the exact kernel on the CD. This is not something you can do with the rescue image. Go out and buy a $10 NIC and save yourself the frustration. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/32x5+FOexA3koIgRAuJMAJ4we9J1493PRbaA/7SpsCJqY44r/gCfZBE8 L4CIgVtja1sCOUPnhFgqVqE= =aQ+E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Hi Craig, I just posted the same problem a couple of days ago. I do not see a short term solution. The problem may very well be political. The best bet for ALL folks with nvidia nForce nic cards is go out and buy a $5 Linksys nic (which may also come with a $5 rebate) and use that as your network card. Everything will work fine. It just annoys me that there are probably over 50 NIC driver modules of module disk #3 and nForce (nvnet) is not included. Babu --- Craig Lien <maddog@threewave.com> wrote:
I have an Epox 8RDA+ motherboard with onboard LAN and sound. The LAN and sound are NVIDIA (nvnet and nvaudio) components. I would like to try the ftp install using the boot.iso but my nic is not recognized nor is it in the list provided on the cd. Any tips for how to get my nic working to install via ftp would be appreciated.
TIA Craig
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I just posted the same problem a couple of days ago. I do not see a short term solution. The problem may very well be political.
not so.. see below. <snip>
It just annoys me that there are probably over 50 NIC driver modules of module disk #3 and nForce (nvnet) is not included.
that is because it's a binary only driver you can download from nvidia's site and the distributions are not allowed to distribute it. an alpha quality open source driver, called forcedeth, was recently released but that was only recently released and is not yet part of the kernel (probably won't be until later in 2.6 or possibly not til 2.7). -- trey
Trey Gruel wrote:
It just annoys me that there are probably over 50 NIC driver modules of module disk #3 and nForce (nvnet) is not included.
that is because it's a binary only driver you can download from nvidia's site and the distributions are not allowed to distribute it. an alpha
nVIDIA suuucks with that stupid attitude. Ok, the graphics accelerated driver in binary only form I could somehow tolerate, considering they don't own all the technology. But for a lame 100 Mbit network card that _can't_ have more "features" than any average one you'd pick, because there aren't any more features that aren't already there, why the hell don't they open the source of the driver? What could be in there that the rest of the world doesn't already know? So it's not SUSE's fault, it's entirely nVIDIA's. Blame them in their feedback form or whatever they have. I own an nForce2 too and I'll look on their site where to complain.
quality open source driver, called forcedeth, was recently released but that was only recently released and is not yet part of the kernel (probably won't be until later in 2.6 or possibly not til 2.7).
That's good news.
that is because it's a binary only driver you can download from nvidia's site and the distributions are not allowed to distribute it. an alpha
nVIDIA suuucks with that stupid attitude. Ok, the graphics accelerated driver in binary only form I could somehow tolerate, considering they don't own all the technology. But for a lame 100 Mbit network card that _can't_ have more "features" than any average one you'd pick, because there aren't any more features that aren't already there, why the hell don't they open the source of the driver? What could be in there that the rest of the world doesn't already know?
i agree that there shouldn't be more to the nforce nic than any other, but given that they aren't a networking company, it could be that it's not really theirs.
So it's not SUSE's fault, it's entirely nVIDIA's. Blame them in their feedback form or whatever they have.
I own an nForce2 too and I'll look on their site where to complain.
on the driver download pages, there's a link to the forums at nvnews. back when i paid attention to the forums (admittedly a couple years ago), the nvidia folks actually seemed to pay attention to them even tho they weren't really "nvidia" forums.
quality open source driver, called forcedeth, was recently released but that was only recently released and is not yet part of the kernel (probably won't be until later in 2.6 or possibly not til 2.7).
That's good news.
from what i've read on kerneltraffic and kerneltrap, they seem to be working really well, but haven't gone through much widespread testing. they have made it into the 2.6.0-test?-mm series of kernels as of -test9-mm2, so it might not be long into 2.6 that they get merged. -- trey
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