Header problem on old RH version

On November 8, 2003 4:31:25 PM MST; Craig White wrote:

> This in no way answers your question but why not just use a supported
> ethernet card rather than the onboard card? I ask because I am lazy
> enough to always seek the simpler solution.

On Nov 8, 2003, at 7:14 PM, Bart Garst wrote:
>
> I have a copy of modversions.h that has far more content than yours. It
> came from kernel-source-2.4.xxxx.rpm.
>
> Check and see if you have that installed. I have a set of RH7.0 discs
> and can post the kernel-source rpm if you need it (as long as it
> matches
> your kernel version).

Thank both of you for helping. I was trying to take Craig's advice and
just buy a compatible ethernet card so I went to RH's site and got the
compatibility list for ethernet cards under RH 7.0. Much to my
surprise, I noticed that the via-rhine II was on the list as something
that the community thought was supported. So checked on the computer
that I was trying to get communicating and there were no ethernet
modules installed. This shouldn't have surprised me because during the
default install anaconda never showed me the screen where you pick your
address, gateway, DNS server, etc. So Red Hat 7.0 had just assumed that
there was no ethernet controller. (I've tested RH9 and it works fine on
this machine).

So the supported list had a model number and I was thinking that maybe
the machine has a different model number. This led me to stick the CD
of what I though were Windows drivers that came with the motherboard
and really search it, looking for some documentation on the chip with a
model number.

To make a long sad story short, down in the VIA directory in the
Network directory there is a directory called Linux with a tarball
named rhinfet.tgz and a linux.txt file. From the text file I have
learned that a Rhine II ethernet adaptor is not at all the same thing
as a Rhine II *Fast* ethernet adaptor and that I was trying to use the
wrong driver all along.

So I'm pretty comfortable I can get this working now but I wanted to
thank you both for helping.