need to upgrade network card driver

kelly_kong03 · 05-28-2004, 10:58 AM

i am trying to install red hat linux 9 on dell poweredge 750 server, but after installation, the network card seems not presented. i guess something is wrong the driver.

did anybody meet same problem? how to upgrade driver for red hat 9? I already downloaded driver for poweredge 750. but doesn't have any instruction for upgrading.

thanks for help

chrisan99 · 05-28-2004, 11:18 AM

what does lspci tell you - can you determine the chipset of the NIC ?

Cheers,
Chris

chris_eh · 06-02-2004, 09:45 AM

I'm in the same boat.
`lspci` reveals Ethernet controller, Intel, unknown device 1075 (and 1076)

Is the e1000 driver appropriate? (I've read this somewhere else today)
-chris A.

chris_eh · 06-02-2004, 11:27 AM

Solved.

I downloaded the e1000 driver from Intel, rebuilt from source, installed and I'm off!

Got the source for e1000 from:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...ileName=e1000-
and built. I added the following to my /etc/modules.conf file:
alias eth0 e1000

and I was able to add the interface, `insmod` it, then `service network start`. Ready to rock.
-chris A.

yoowin · 07-08-2004, 04:49 AM

I followed the instruction, extremely helpful - it got my RedHat Linux Advanced Server working fine. Thank You