can't install netork card

gerrenc · 03-20-2007, 01:01 PM

i'm a newbie to linux i downloaded and installed fedora core 6 successfully. however i purchased a new network card to go into the machine because it did not have one previously. but now the system won't regognize the new card PLEASE HELP!!!!

MS3FGX · 03-20-2007, 01:08 PM

It is rather unusual for something as generic as a NIC to not work on a modern kernel. Unless maybe it is a gigabit NIC?

At any rate, you will need to first determine what the device itself is. Using the command "lspci" will give you a listing of all the devices on the PCI bus, going through that will show you the chipset of the NIC.

Then you will want to Google that in relation to Linux, and find out the status is on kernel support for it.

gerrenc · 03-20-2007, 08:07 PM

thanx MS3FGX it totally worked i'm on my way to building a web server