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Here comes my problem: I am installing a new unit with Fedora Core 5, I will use it as my internet server... I need one additional PCI network card but it is not detected during installation... what shall I do?
Fedora Core 5 was released on March 20, 2006. There is no longer any support for it. If you are going to use a distribution as a server, you would be better off using something current. Also, CentOS is also RedHat like Fedora and is meant for servers.
Your network card is probably not being detected because Fedora Core 5 is outdated.
I suggest These you purchase a couple of Intel Pro 10/100/1000 Mbps Nics an for 60 US dollars you will have a bullet proof server. Ias Intel is the king of chip makers and therefore is supported by every flavor of Linux out there.
Here comes my problem: I am installing a new unit with Fedora Core 5, I will use it as my internet server... I need one additional PCI network card but it is not detected during installation... what shall I do?
Thanks in advance...
This isn't urgent for anyone but you..we volunteer our time here to answer questions. If you need **URGENT** help, get a distro with support you pay for..they'll be there for you 24/7. Otherwise, alot of people here will purposely ignore your **URGENT** question.
As yancek said, FC5 is ancient. The latest is 13, so if this is a brand new installation, get the latest version. And if you're building a server, install a server-class distro, like CentOS. And it would help if you told us WHAT KIND of "PCI network card" you were dealing with...can't help if you don't provide useful details.
Run lspci to find out what the chipset on the network card is. Then Google it to find out what kernel module you need to modprobe to get it working.
"Detecting" the card just means loading the kernel model (driver) needed to get it working. It is very likely that the card is fully supported, and that this kernel module is on your system. If the card isn't detected, then you can find out what kernel module you need to load, and then load it yourself.
Now PLEASE change the thread title to something more descriptive, such as "network card not detected."
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