Hi!
I did some searching and it appears that (unfortunately) the Linux kernel as distributed with Red Hat Linux 9 does not support the nForce2 chipset fully yet.
However.... there may be some light at the end of the tunnel :
The current driver for the nVidia nForce for Linux distributions :
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_nforce_1.0-0261
The nVidia nForce archive :
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_nforce_archive
Some other discussions :
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12097
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/forum...opic.php?t=439
OK... I recommend downloading the latest (1.0-0261) binary RPM :
For Red Hat Linux 9 : NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.rh90up_2.4.20_6.athlon.rpm
You can download this RPM file with Windows XP and put it on floppy (if it fits ofcourse, otherwise try a CD-RW...).
If you choose to use a floppy, do the following from Linux :
"su -" (become root to install the driver)
"cd /tmp"
"mcopy a:* ."
"rpm -i -v -h NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.rh90up_2.4.20_6.athlon.rpm"
(
_if_ for some reason you don't have mcopy (mtools) installed try :
"mount /mnt/floppy"
"cp /mnt/floppy/* /tmp"
"cd /tmp"
"rpm -i -v -h NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.rh90up_2.4.20_6.athlon.rpm"
)
<reboot>
According to the nVidia documentation Red Hat Linux will find your card after rebooting.
It will be called - as most other ethernet devices in Linux - "eth0".
After reboot you can do "/sbin/ifconfig -a" to see if it worked.
OK..
Good luck .. hope to hear from you soon, with you using a Linux network connection with the internet ofcourse!! :-)