Red Hat 9.0 install problem

[Jim Kunkel]

The adapter in the d530 (a Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet for hp) doesn't have an appropriate driver on the RH 9.0 CD's. Please tell me how I get networking installed on this machine.

[K.C. Chan]

If you're installing redhat over the network, you may be need to jump through some hoops, you need to create or append to current boot process, I am not sure, I believe I've read this somewhere in redhat errata.

I had similar problem before, but not with rh9, it was with rh7.3. I chosed the easy way, I installed the system via CDs then get load the driver via floppy. I believed I still have the driver. Let me know if you are interested in getting it.

[Kodjo Agbenu]

Hi,

Try tg3 driver. In /etc/modules.conf :

alias eth0 tg3

Good luck.

Kodjo

[Jim Kunkel]

Searching the archives of another online support group I found that Broadcom has drivers on its website.

Also, Intel has drivers for the video chip.

Installation of both of these is tricky; HP might want to consider making disk partitioning and linux installation a bit easier by including drivers with the box.

[K.C. Chan · Accepted solution]

You could use bcm5700 or the tg3 driver, both is included in rh8 and rh9 distro. But I believe if you're installing over the network I found that only tg3 driver is included in the boot.img image (at least for rh8, noy sure about rh9). Add the this to your /etc/module.conf file:
alias eth0 tg3 or alias eth0 bcm5700