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Subject: Re: bootstrapping network (bcm) on Dell D800
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote:

> If I'm reading the recent messages correctly, the bcm driver won't work
> unless updated to approximately July 17.
>
> I burned 5.1 iso's, and installed most of it successfully.  How do I
> bootstrap the network.  I saw Bill Paul's references to testing a patch
> prior to committing it.  Is this something I can apply singly to the
> source that comes on the ISO (and if so, just where do I grab it?), and
> then build a kernel, reboot, and update the rest of the source?
>
> thanks
>
> hawk, anxious to play with his new toy

Does this new toy have a 32-bit pci slot available? If so, pop in a nic
(temporarily), cvsup and/or grab the needed patches and rebuild away!

Regards,

> Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
> Silicon Landmark, LLC. | http://siliconlandmark.com/    >